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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA                            
433 AM CST FRI NOV 4 2005

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...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 3 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             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         76    251 PM  89    1915  75      1       65       
  MINIMUM         45    430 AM  30    1966  53     -8       50       
  AVERAGE         61                        64     -3       58      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.05 1934   0.14  -0.14      T      
  MONTH TO DATE    T                         0.41  -0.41     4.18    
  SINCE SEP 1      9.94                     10.30  -0.36     9.00    
  SINCE JAN 1     39.58                     48.39  -8.81    62.30    
                                                                     
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        4                         4      0        7       
  MONTH TO DATE   15                        11      4        7       
  SINCE SEP 1     64                        50     14       11       
  SINCE JUL 1     64                        50     14       11       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         3     -3        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         9     -9       20       
  SINCE SEP 1    762                       586    176      843       
  SINCE JAN 1   2995                      2640    355     2973       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED     8   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SE (150)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED     9   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     S (180)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     4.7                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  FOG                                                                
  HAZE                                                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    93           200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     49          1000 AM                                     
 AVERAGE    71                                                       
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THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   74        93      1915                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   53        27      1912                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
NOVEMBER  4 2005......SUNRISE   629 AM CST   SUNSET   523 PM CST   
NOVEMBER  5 2005......SUNRISE   630 AM CST   SUNSET   522 PM CST   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.                                          


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