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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA                            
645 AM CST WED NOV 23 2005

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...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 22 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         72    322 PM  88    1915  69      3       79       
  MINIMUM         38    509 AM  29    1898  48    -10       67       
  AVERAGE         55                        59     -4       73      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          3.11 1979   0.16  -0.16     0.43    
  MONTH TO DATE    1.00                      3.35  -2.35     6.33    
  SINCE SEP 1     10.94                     13.24  -2.30    11.15    
  SINCE JAN 1     40.58                     51.33 -10.75    64.45    
                                                                     
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       10                         8      2        0       
  MONTH TO DATE  108                       123    -15       52       
  SINCE SEP 1    157                       162     -5       56       
  SINCE JUL 1    157                       162     -5       56       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         1     -1        8       
  MONTH TO DATE   91                        46     45       61       
  SINCE SEP 1    853                       623    230      884       
  SINCE JAN 1   3086                      2677    409     3014       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    13   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (330)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    16   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     N (340)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     4.8                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  FOG                                                                
  HAZE                                                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    92           300 AM                                     
 LOWEST     28           100 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    60                                                       
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THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   68        91      1915                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   48        28      1975                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
NOVEMBER 23 2005......SUNRISE   645 AM CST   SUNSET   514 PM CST   
NOVEMBER 24 2005......SUNRISE   646 AM CST   SUNSET   513 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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