000 CDUS44 KLCH 092215 CLILCH CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 415 PM CST THU FEB 9 2012 ................................... ...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 9 2012... VALID TODAY AS OF 0400 PM LOCAL TIME. CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1895 TO 2012 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) TODAY MAXIMUM 61 257 PM 83 1911 63 -2 54 MINIMUM 46 721 AM 17 1933 44 2 33 AVERAGE 54 54 0 44 PRECIPITATION (IN) TODAY 0.00 2.83 1923 0.13 -0.13 0.29 MONTH TO DATE 2.70 1.17 1.53 1.35 SINCE DEC 1 16.18 11.08 5.10 9.74 SINCE JAN 1 11.48 6.40 5.08 6.46 SNOWFALL (IN) TODAY 0.0 T 1973 0.0 0.0 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE DEC 1 0.0 T 0.0 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.0 T 0.0 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TODAY 11 12 -1 21 MONTH TO DATE 48 109 -61 225 SINCE DEC 1 576 893 -317 1064 SINCE JUL 1 792 1100 -308 1262 COOLING TODAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 16 0 16 0 SINCE DEC 1 70 30 40 14 SINCE JAN 1 57 10 47 0 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (60) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 17 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (40) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 76 500 AM LOWEST 51 100 PM AVERAGE 64 .......................................................... THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 64 80 1957 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 45 19 1933 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 9 2012......SUNRISE 658 AM CST SUNSET 556 PM CST FEBRUARY 10 2012......SUNRISE 657 AM CST SUNSET 557 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$