000 CDUS44 KLCH 052233 CLILCH CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 432 PM CST THU NOV 5 2009 ................................... ...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 5 2009... VALID TODAY AS OF 0400 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 79 242 PM 88 1915 74 5 80 MINIMUM 52 548 AM 29 1991 52 0 55 AVERAGE 66 63 3 68 PRECIPITATION (IN) TODAY 0.00 3.74 2002 0.14 -0.14 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.00 0.69 -0.69 0.00 SINCE SEP 1 20.22 10.58 9.64 5.83 SINCE JAN 1 61.94 48.67 13.27 38.03 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 4 -4 0 MONTH TO DATE 7 19 -12 8 SINCE SEP 1 43 58 -15 57 SINCE JUL 1 43 58 -15 57 COOLING TODAY 1 3 -2 3 MONTH TO DATE 1 15 -14 3 SINCE SEP 1 650 592 58 530 SINCE JAN 1 2953 2646 307 2797 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (90) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 20 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (50) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.6 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 93 1200 AM LOWEST 42 300 PM AVERAGE 68 .......................................................... THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 74 89 1916 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 52 31 1939 SUNRISE AND SUNSET NOVEMBER 5 2009......SUNRISE 630 AM CST SUNSET 522 PM CST NOVEMBER 6 2009......SUNRISE 631 AM CST SUNSET 522 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$