000 CDUS44 KLCH 232223 CLILCH CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 422 PM CST FRI DEC 23 2005 ................................... ...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 22 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 54 324 PM 79 1948 62 -8 71 MINIMUM 31 324 AM 16 1989 42 -11 41 AVERAGE 43 52 -9 56 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 6.60 1932 0.15 -0.15 1.38 MONTH TO DATE 3.43 3.17 0.26 3.68 SINCE DEC 1 3.43 3.17 0.26 3.68 SINCE JAN 1 45.41 55.76 -10.35 68.71 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 22 13 9 9 MONTH TO DATE 341 247 94 233 SINCE DEC 1 341 247 94 233 SINCE JUL 1 545 477 68 339 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 8 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (150) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 10 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (220) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 2.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 96 200 AM LOWEST 50 100 PM AVERAGE 73 .......................................................... THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 62 79 1931 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 42 11 1989 SUNRISE AND SUNSET DECEMBER 23 2005......SUNRISE 706 AM CST SUNSET 518 PM CST DECEMBER 24 2005......SUNRISE 706 AM CST SUNSET 519 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$