000 CDUS44 KLCH 051032 CLILCH CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 431 AM CST MON DEC 5 2005 ................................... ...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 4 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 78 309 PM 88 1912 66 12 64 MINIMUM 50 1159 PM 25 1929 45 5 51 AVERAGE 64 56 8 58 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 1.95 4.66 1952 0.15 1.80 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.95 0.60 1.35 0.13 SINCE DEC 1 1.95 0.60 1.35 0.13 SINCE JAN 1 43.93 53.19 -9.26 65.16 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.0 2001 0.0 0.0 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE DEC 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.0 T 0.0 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 1 10 -9 7 MONTH TO DATE 19 39 -20 52 SINCE DEC 1 19 39 -20 52 SINCE JUL 1 223 269 -46 158 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 3 4 -1 0 SINCE DEC 1 3 4 -1 0 SINCE JAN 1 3094 2689 405 3024 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 21 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (20) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 24 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (30) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 500 PM LOWEST 67 100 PM AVERAGE 80 .......................................................... THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 65 82 1926 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 45 24 1898 SUNRISE AND SUNSET DECEMBER 5 2005......SUNRISE 655 AM CST SUNSET 513 PM CST DECEMBER 6 2005......SUNRISE 655 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. $$