000 CDUS44 KLCH 121226 CLILCH CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 626 AM CST MON DEC 12 2005 ................................... ...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 11 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 63 405 PM 80 1928 64 -1 63 MINIMUM 38 1159 PM 28 1995 44 -6 41 AVERAGE 51 54 -3 52 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.78 1970 0.14 -0.14 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.96 1.59 0.37 2.13 SINCE DEC 1 1.96 1.59 0.37 2.13 SINCE JAN 1 43.94 54.18 -10.24 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 14 11 3 13 MONTH TO DATE 152 114 38 78 SINCE DEC 1 152 114 38 78 SINCE JUL 1 356 344 12 184 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 3 11 -8 14 SINCE DEC 1 3 11 -8 14 SINCE JAN 1 3094 2696 398 3038 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (20) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 20 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (20) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 100 AM LOWEST 27 100 PM AVERAGE 60 .......................................................... THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 64 80 1971 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 44 22 1962 SUNRISE AND SUNSET DECEMBER 12 2005......SUNRISE 700 AM CST SUNSET 514 PM CST DECEMBER 13 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. $$