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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA                            
439 AM CST MON NOV 21 2005

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...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 20 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         60    326 PM  87    1915  69     -9       70       
  MINIMUM         48   1159 PM  28    1969  49     -1       61       
  AVERAGE         54                        59     -5       66      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.01          2.80 1899   0.16  -0.15     0.60    
  MONTH TO DATE    1.00                      3.03  -2.03     5.87    
  SINCE SEP 1     10.94                     12.92  -1.98    10.69    
  SINCE JAN 1     40.58                     51.01 -10.43    63.99    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY       MM             0.0  2002   0.0   MM        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       11                         7      4        0       
  MONTH TO DATE   85                       108    -23       52       
  SINCE SEP 1    134                       147    -13       56       
  SINCE JUL 1    134                       147    -13       56       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         1     -1        1       
  MONTH TO DATE   91                        44     47       45       
  SINCE SEP 1    853                       621    232      868       
  SINCE JAN 1   3086                      2675    411     2998       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    14   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (330)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    18   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (320)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     3.2                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         
  HAZE                                                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    83           700 AM                                     
 LOWEST     42           200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    63                                                       
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THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   69        89      1896                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   48        29      1937                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
NOVEMBER 21 2005......SUNRISE   643 AM CST   SUNSET   514 PM CST   
NOVEMBER 22 2005......SUNRISE   644 AM CST   SUNSET   514 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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