000 CDUS44 KLCH 221011 CLILCH CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 411 AM CST THU DEC 22 2005 ................................... ...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 21 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 54 330 PM 78 1998 62 -8 75 MINIMUM 36 1159 PM 22 1901 42 -6 51 AVERAGE 45 52 -7 63 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 4.45 1923 0.15 -0.15 0.05 MONTH TO DATE 3.43 3.02 0.41 2.30 SINCE DEC 1 3.43 3.02 0.41 2.30 SINCE JAN 1 45.41 55.61 -10.20 67.33 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.0 2002 0.0 0.0 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 20 13 7 2 MONTH TO DATE 319 234 85 224 SINCE DEC 1 319 234 85 224 SINCE JUL 1 523 464 59 330 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 3 20 -17 14 SINCE DEC 1 3 20 -17 14 SINCE JAN 1 3094 2705 389 3038 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 12 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (30) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 14 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (20) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 82 700 AM LOWEST 50 300 PM AVERAGE 66 .......................................................... THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 62 79 1948 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 42 16 1989 SUNRISE AND SUNSET DECEMBER 22 2005......SUNRISE 705 AM CST SUNSET 518 PM CST DECEMBER 23 2005......SUNRISE 706 AM CST SUNSET 518 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$