000 CDUS44 KLCH 181022 CLILCH CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 421 AM CST SUN DEC 18 2005 ................................... ...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 17 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 45 350 PM 82 1924 63 -18 60 MINIMUM 41 1159 PM 24 1972 43 -2 41 AVERAGE 43 53 -10 51 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.31 3.86 1995 0.14 0.17 0.01 MONTH TO DATE 3.43 2.43 1.00 2.25 SINCE DEC 1 3.43 2.43 1.00 2.25 SINCE JAN 1 45.41 55.02 -9.61 67.28 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM 0.0 2002 0.0 MM 0.0 2001 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 12 10 14 MONTH TO DATE 242 185 57 176 SINCE DEC 1 242 185 57 176 SINCE JUL 1 446 415 31 282 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 3 17 -14 14 SINCE DEC 1 3 17 -14 14 SINCE JAN 1 3094 2702 392 3038 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 21 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (100) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 24 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (110) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 86 800 AM LOWEST 70 300 AM AVERAGE 78 .......................................................... THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 63 81 1924 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 43 21 1901 SUNRISE AND SUNSET DECEMBER 18 2005......SUNRISE 703 AM CST SUNSET 516 PM CST DECEMBER 19 2005......SUNRISE 704 AM CST SUNSET 516 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$