574 CDUS44 KLCH 161230 CLILCH CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 629 AM CST SAT JAN 16 2016 ................................... ...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 15 2016... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1895 TO 2016 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 74 336 PM 80 1932 61 13 51 MINIMUM 44 1159 PM 22 1912 42 2 34 AVERAGE 59 52 7 43 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.55 1955 0.18 -0.18 0.06 MONTH TO DATE 2.25 2.63 -0.38 5.23 SINCE DEC 1 5.49 7.31 -1.82 7.26 SINCE JAN 1 2.25 2.63 -0.38 5.23 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.0 MM 0.0 0.0 MM 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 YESTERDAY 6 14 -8 22 MONTH TO DATE 224 210 14 296 SINCE DEC 1 430 577 -147 579 SINCE JUL 1 506 784 -278 855 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE DEC 1 57 20 37 17 SINCE JAN 1 0 0 0 0 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (240) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 19 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (240) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 1200 AM LOWEST 29 400 PM AVERAGE 65 .......................................................... THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 61 78 1935 1928 1914 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 42 21 1905 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JANUARY 16 2016.......SUNRISE 710 AM CST SUNSET 536 PM CST JANUARY 17 2016.......SUNRISE 709 AM CST SUNSET 537 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$