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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA                            
407 AM CST MON FEB 28 2005

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...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 27 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             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         59    301 PM  83    1956  67     -8       60       
  MINIMUM         48   1147 PM  24    2002  47      1       34       
  AVERAGE         54                        57     -3       47      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.24          2.56 1903   0.11   0.13     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    5.50                      3.17   2.33     7.99    
  SINCE DEC 1     15.06                     13.29   1.77    20.25    
  SINCE JAN 1     11.36                      8.69   2.67    16.82    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0          MM      MM   0.0    0.0     MM       
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                       0.1   -0.1      0.0     
  SINCE DEC 1      0.0                       0.3   -0.3      0.0     
  SINCE JUL 1      0.0                       0.3   -0.3      0.0     
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       11                         8      3       18       
  MONTH TO DATE  212                       296    -84      349       
  SINCE DEC 1    895                      1097   -202     1106       
  SINCE JUL 1   1001                      1327   -326     1254       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         1     -1        0       
  MONTH TO DATE   26                        12     14        1       
  SINCE DEC 1     77                        41     36       19       
  SINCE JAN 1     62                        21     41       19       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    16   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     N (340)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    20   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     N (340)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     7.2                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  RAIN                                                               
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         
  FOG                                                                
  HAZE                                                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    90           900 AM                                     
 LOWEST     71           700 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    81                                                       
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THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   68        85      1932                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   47        26      1913                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
FEBRUARY 28 2005......SUNRISE   640 AM CST   SUNSET   611 PM CST   
MARCH  1 2005.........SUNRISE   639 AM CST   SUNSET   612 PM CST   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.                                          


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