000 CDUS44 KLCH 111016 CLILCH CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 416 AM CST SUN DEC 11 2005 ................................... ...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 10 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 55 322 PM 84 1928 64 -9 69 MINIMUM 35 117 AM 24 1978 44 -9 51 AVERAGE 45 54 -9 60 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 4.50 1964 0.14 -0.14 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.96 1.45 0.51 2.13 SINCE DEC 1 1.96 1.45 0.51 2.13 SINCE JAN 1 43.94 54.04 -10.10 67.16 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 MM MM 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 20 11 9 5 MONTH TO DATE 138 103 35 65 SINCE DEC 1 138 103 35 65 SINCE JUL 1 342 333 9 171 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 3 10 -7 14 SINCE DEC 1 3 10 -7 14 SINCE JAN 1 3094 2695 399 3038 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 8 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (70) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 9 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (70) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 1000 PM LOWEST 50 1100 AM AVERAGE 72 .......................................................... THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 64 80 1928 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 44 28 1995 SUNRISE AND SUNSET DECEMBER 11 2005......SUNRISE 659 AM CST SUNSET 514 PM CST DECEMBER 12 2005......SUNRISE 700 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. $$