000 CDUS44 KLCH 090844 CLILCH CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 244 AM CST MON NOV 9 2009 ................................... ...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 8 2009... 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) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 74 207 PM 88 1916 73 1 77 MINIMUM 62 638 AM 32 1991 52 10 39 AVERAGE 68 63 5 58 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 3.14 1944 0.15 -0.15 0.00 MONTH TO DATE T 1.14 -1.14 T SINCE SEP 1 20.22 11.03 9.19 5.83 SINCE JAN 1 61.94 49.12 12.82 38.03 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.0 MM 0.0 0.0 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE SEP 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 YESTERDAY 0 5 -5 7 MONTH TO DATE 7 33 -26 21 SINCE SEP 1 43 72 -29 70 SINCE JUL 1 43 72 -29 70 COOLING YESTERDAY 3 2 1 0 MONTH TO DATE 4 21 -17 11 SINCE SEP 1 653 598 55 538 SINCE JAN 1 2956 2652 304 2805 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (100) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 21 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (90) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 100 AM LOWEST 68 1100 AM AVERAGE 81 .......................................................... THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 72 87 1919 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 51 28 1991 SUNRISE AND SUNSET NOVEMBER 9 2009......SUNRISE 633 AM CST SUNSET 520 PM CST NOVEMBER 10 2009......SUNRISE 634 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. $$