000 CDUS44 KLCH 062232 CLILCH CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 532 PM CDT MON OCT 6 2008 ................................... ...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 6 2008... VALID TODAY AS OF 0500 PM LOCAL TIME. CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1893 TO 2008 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) TODAY MAXIMUM 89 1238 PM 95 1928 83 6 91 MINIMUM 70 653 AM 44 1932 62 8 75 AVERAGE 80 73 7 83 PRECIPITATION (IN) TODAY 0.00 4.27 1970 0.14 -0.14 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.00 0.90 -0.90 0.07 SINCE SEP 1 4.38 6.85 -2.47 5.79 SINCE JAN 1 36.58 44.94 -8.36 54.95 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 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 TODAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE SEP 1 0 1 -1 0 SINCE JUL 1 0 1 -1 0 COOLING TODAY 15 8 7 18 MONTH TO DATE 49 52 -3 92 SINCE SEP 1 420 451 -31 556 SINCE JAN 1 2687 2505 182 2662 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (150) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 24 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (130) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY. FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 400 AM LOWEST 57 200 PM AVERAGE 79 .......................................................... THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 83 95 1911 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 62 45 1964 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 6 2008.......SUNRISE 709 AM CDT SUNSET 652 PM CDT OCTOBER 7 2008.......SUNRISE 710 AM CDT SUNSET 650 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$