000 CDUS44 KLCH 101012 CLILCH CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 411 AM CST SAT DEC 10 2005 ................................... ...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 9 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 52 405 PM 81 1915 64 -12 74 MINIMUM 34 805 AM 26 1927 44 -10 59 AVERAGE 43 54 -11 67 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 5.89 1967 0.14 -0.14 0.01 MONTH TO DATE 1.96 1.31 0.65 2.13 SINCE DEC 1 1.96 1.31 0.65 2.13 SINCE JAN 1 43.94 53.90 -9.96 67.16 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 22 11 11 0 MONTH TO DATE 118 92 26 60 SINCE DEC 1 118 92 26 60 SINCE JUL 1 322 322 0 166 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 2 MONTH TO DATE 3 9 -6 14 SINCE DEC 1 3 9 -6 14 SINCE JAN 1 3094 2694 400 3038 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (40) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 23 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (30) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 75 100 AM LOWEST 30 200 PM AVERAGE 53 .......................................................... THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 64 84 1928 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 44 24 1978 SUNRISE AND SUNSET DECEMBER 10 2005......SUNRISE 658 AM CST SUNSET 513 PM CST DECEMBER 11 2005......SUNRISE 659 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. $$