000 CDUS44 KLCH 062248 CLILCH CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 445 PM CST FRI NOV 6 2009 ................................... ...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 6 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 77 139 PM 89 1916 74 3 84 MINIMUM 53 510 AM 31 1939 52 1 62 AVERAGE 65 63 2 73 PRECIPITATION (IN) TODAY 0.00 2.79 1943 0.15 -0.15 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.00 0.84 -0.84 0.00 SINCE SEP 1 20.22 10.73 9.49 5.83 SINCE JAN 1 61.94 48.82 13.12 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 23 -16 8 SINCE SEP 1 43 62 -19 57 SINCE JUL 1 43 62 -19 57 COOLING TODAY 0 2 -2 8 MONTH TO DATE 1 17 -16 11 SINCE SEP 1 650 594 56 538 SINCE JAN 1 2953 2648 305 2805 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 13 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (130) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 16 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (130) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY. FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 1200 AM LOWEST 35 400 PM AVERAGE 64 .......................................................... THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 73 89 1924 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 52 30 1959 SUNRISE AND SUNSET NOVEMBER 6 2009......SUNRISE 631 AM CST SUNSET 522 PM CST NOVEMBER 7 2009......SUNRISE 632 AM CST SUNSET 521 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$