000 CDUS44 KLCH 230854 CLILCH CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 254 AM CST MON NOV 23 2009 ................................... ...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 22 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 61 440 PM 88 1915 69 -8 64 MINIMUM 49 1056 PM 29 1898 48 1 33 AVERAGE 55 59 -4 49 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 3.11 1979 0.16 -0.16 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.92 3.35 -1.43 2.40 SINCE SEP 1 22.14 13.24 8.90 8.23 SINCE JAN 1 63.86 51.33 12.53 40.43 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 10 8 2 16 MONTH TO DATE 80 123 -43 145 SINCE SEP 1 116 162 -46 194 SINCE JUL 1 116 162 -46 194 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 25 46 -21 18 SINCE SEP 1 674 623 51 545 SINCE JAN 1 2977 2677 300 2812 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 8 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (240) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 10 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (250) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 96 700 PM LOWEST 78 300 PM AVERAGE 87 .......................................................... THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 68 91 1915 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 48 28 1975 SUNRISE AND SUNSET NOVEMBER 23 2009......SUNRISE 645 AM CST SUNSET 514 PM CST NOVEMBER 24 2009......SUNRISE 646 AM CST SUNSET 513 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$