000 CDUS44 KLCH 052244 CLILCH CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 543 PM CDT SUN JUL 5 2009 ................................... ...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 5 2009... VALID TODAY AS OF 0500 PM LOCAL TIME. CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1893 TO 2009 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) TODAY MAXIMUM 94 300 PM 102 1938 91 3 90 MINIMUM 82 551 AM 61 1924 74 8 72 AVERAGE 88 83 5 81 PRECIPITATION (IN) TODAY 0.00 2.80 1995 0.18 -0.18 T MONTH TO DATE T 0.91 -0.91 0.15 SINCE JUN 1 1.35 6.98 -5.63 2.90 SINCE JAN 1 22.70 29.02 -6.32 21.55 SNOWFALL (IN) TODAY 0.0 0.0 MM 0.0 0.0 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE JUN 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TODAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE JUN 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JUL 1 0 0 0 0 COOLING TODAY 23 17 6 16 MONTH TO DATE 110 85 25 78 SINCE JUN 1 650 552 98 608 SINCE JAN 1 1241 1061 180 1239 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (240) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 24 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (230) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 80 1200 AM LOWEST 56 300 PM AVERAGE 68 .......................................................... THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 91 101 1914 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 74 64 1913 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JULY 5 2009..........SUNRISE 617 AM CDT SUNSET 818 PM CDT JULY 6 2009..........SUNRISE 617 AM CDT SUNSET 818 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$