000 CDUS44 KLCH 301230 CLILCH CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 630 AM CST FRI DEC 30 2005 ................................... ...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 29 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 70 322 PM 78 1984 61 9 71 MINIMUM 40 714 AM 16 1894 42 -2 48 AVERAGE 55 52 3 60 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.00 1914 0.16 -0.16 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 3.92 4.26 -0.34 3.70 SINCE DEC 1 3.92 4.26 -0.34 3.70 SINCE JAN 1 45.90 56.85 -10.95 68.73 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 10 14 -4 5 MONTH TO DATE 402 339 63 388 SINCE DEC 1 402 339 63 388 SINCE JUL 1 606 569 37 494 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 10 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (160) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 16 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (170) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 89 800 AM LOWEST 30 100 PM AVERAGE 60 .......................................................... THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 61 80 1964 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 41 21 1983 SUNRISE AND SUNSET DECEMBER 30 2005......SUNRISE 709 AM CST SUNSET 523 PM CST DECEMBER 31 2005......SUNRISE 709 AM CST SUNSET 523 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$