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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
500 AM CDT WED APR 2 2014
...MUCH BELOW AVERAGE TEMPERATURES FOR THE LAST 5 MONTHS...
AVERAGE TEMPERATURES FOR NOVEMBER 2013 THROUGH MARCH 2014 AVERAGED MUCH
BELOW NORMAL. IN FACT...ALEXANDRIA...LAKE CHARLES...LAFAYETTE...NEW
IBERIA...AND BEAUMONT ALL RANKED WITHIN THE TOP TEN COLDEST AVERAGE
TEMPERATURES FOR NOVEMBER THROUGH MARCH. BELOW IS A TABLE SUMMARIZING
THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES FOR THE LAST 5 MONTHS WITH ALL TIME
RECORD RANK. RANKS WITH * INDICATES TIE WITH PREVIOUS YEAR.
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE/
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL AVG TEMP RECORD/YEAR
NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR NOV-MAR RANK NOV-MAR
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ALEXANDRIA 54.7 48.9 42.8 49.2 55.0 50.1 *6TH 47.0/1977-78
-2.7 -1.5 -6.2 -2.8 -4.2
LAKE CHARLES 57.5 51.3 46.3 52.4 57.1 53.0 *8TH 52.3/1914-15
-3.6 -2.5 -5.5 -2.6 -4.3
LAFAYETTE 57.2 51.6 45.3 53.0 57.9 53.0 4TH 51.9/1898-99
-4.4 -2.7 -7.2 -2.9 -4.3
NEW IBERIA 59.4 53.0 46.3 54.1 58.7 54.2 6TH 52.3/1977-78
-1.8 -1.4 -6.5 -1.6 -3.2
BEAUMONT 58.7 52.3 48.6 54.4 58.9 54.6 *8TH 52.5/2009-10
-3.0 -2.0 -4.1 -1.5 -3.1
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