541 CDUS44 KLCH 220807 CLILCH CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 204 AM CST FRI JAN 22 2016 ................................... ...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 21 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 1108 AM 80 1927 61 13 69 MINIMUM 46 1159 PM 15 1985 42 4 46 AVERAGE 60 52 8 58 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.16 2.91 1930 0.17 -0.01 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 2.64 3.67 -1.03 5.23 SINCE DEC 1 5.88 8.35 -2.47 7.26 SINCE JAN 1 2.64 3.67 -1.03 5.23 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM T 1987 0.0 MM 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 5 13 -8 7 MONTH TO DATE 300 293 7 374 SINCE DEC 1 506 660 -154 657 SINCE JUL 1 582 867 -285 933 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 29 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (330) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 37 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (310) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 12.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 300 AM LOWEST 71 1100 PM AVERAGE 86 .......................................................... THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 61 79 1952 1933 1909 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 42 18 1935 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JANUARY 22 2016.......SUNRISE 708 AM CST SUNSET 541 PM CST JANUARY 23 2016.......SUNRISE 708 AM CST SUNSET 542 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$