000 CDUS44 KLCH 311053 CLILCH CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 453 AM CST MON OCT 31 2005 ................................... ...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 30 2005... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1893 TO 2005 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 79 202 PM 89 1922 76 3 85 MINIMUM 47 617 AM 30 1910 54 -7 67 AVERAGE 63 65 -2 76 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 3.40 1907 0.13 -0.13 0.21 MONTH TO DATE 0.34 3.81 -3.47 2.73 SINCE SEP 1 8.93 9.76 -0.83 4.77 SINCE JAN 1 38.57 47.85 -9.28 58.07 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.0 2002 0.0 0.0 0.0 2001 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE SEP 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 2 3 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 49 35 14 4 SINCE SEP 1 49 36 13 4 SINCE JUL 1 49 36 13 4 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 3 -3 11 MONTH TO DATE 223 175 48 338 SINCE SEP 1 760 574 186 811 SINCE JAN 1 2993 2628 365 2941 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (150) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 18 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (150) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 86 300 AM LOWEST 32 200 PM AVERAGE 59 .......................................................... THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 76 88 1971 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 54 30 1993 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 31 2005.......SUNRISE 626 AM CST SUNSET 526 PM CST NOVEMBER 1 2005......SUNRISE 627 AM CST SUNSET 525 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$