000 CDUS44 KLCH 151241 CLILCH CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 641 AM CST THU DEC 15 2005 ................................... ...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 14 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 70 1116 AM 81 1971 64 6 50 MINIMUM 49 130 AM 24 1914 43 6 32 AVERAGE 60 54 6 41 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 1.15 1.85 1974 0.14 1.01 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 3.11 2.01 1.10 2.16 SINCE DEC 1 3.11 2.01 1.10 2.16 SINCE JAN 1 45.09 54.60 -9.51 67.19 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM 0.0 2001 0.0 MM 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 5 12 -7 24 MONTH TO DATE 181 149 32 118 SINCE DEC 1 181 149 32 118 SINCE JUL 1 385 379 6 224 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 3 14 -11 14 SINCE DEC 1 3 14 -11 14 SINCE JAN 1 3094 2699 395 3038 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 30 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (20) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 37 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (10) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 500 PM LOWEST 73 1000 AM AVERAGE 83 .......................................................... THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 63 81 1995 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 43 24 1914 SUNRISE AND SUNSET DECEMBER 15 2005......SUNRISE 702 AM CST SUNSET 515 PM CST DECEMBER 16 2005......SUNRISE 702 AM CST SUNSET 515 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$