000 CDUS44 KLCH 011254 CLILCH CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 654 AM CST TUE NOV 1 2005 ................................... ...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 31 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 80 131 PM 88 1971 76 4 87 MINIMUM 54 623 AM 30 1993 54 0 67 AVERAGE 67 65 2 77 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 1.01 1.90 1907 0.13 0.88 0.05 MONTH TO DATE 1.35 3.94 -2.59 2.78 SINCE SEP 1 9.94 9.89 0.05 4.82 SINCE JAN 1 39.58 47.98 -8.40 58.12 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.0 2002 0.0 0.0 0.0 2001 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 MM MM 0.0 SINCE SEP 1 0.0 MM MM 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 3 -3 0 MONTH TO DATE 49 38 11 4 SINCE SEP 1 49 39 10 4 SINCE JUL 1 49 39 10 4 COOLING YESTERDAY 2 3 -1 12 MONTH TO DATE 225 178 47 350 SINCE SEP 1 762 577 185 823 SINCE JAN 1 2995 2631 364 2953 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 28 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (330) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 32 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (330) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HEAVY RAIN RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 100 AM LOWEST 48 1200 PM AVERAGE 71 .......................................................... THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 75 92 1900 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 53 32 1993 SUNRISE AND SUNSET NOVEMBER 1 2005......SUNRISE 627 AM CST SUNSET 525 PM CST NOVEMBER 2 2005......SUNRISE 628 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. $$