864 CDUS44 KLCH 021225 CLILCH CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 625 AM CST WED MAR 2 2016 ................................... ...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 1 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 76 103 PM 81 2012 68 8 71 2000 MINIMUM 61 319 AM 26 1913 48 13 56 AVERAGE 69 58 11 64 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 3.09 2015 0.12 -0.12 3.09 MONTH TO DATE T 0.12 -0.12 3.09 SINCE MAR 1 T 0.12 -0.12 3.09 SINCE JAN 1 5.17 8.81 -3.64 11.57 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.0 MM 0.0 0.0 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.0 0.1 -0.1 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 8 -8 1 MONTH TO DATE 0 8 -8 1 SINCE MAR 1 0 8 -8 1 SINCE JUL 1 949 1290 -341 1439 COOLING YESTERDAY 4 1 3 0 MONTH TO DATE 4 1 3 0 SINCE MAR 1 4 1 3 0 SINCE JAN 1 19 24 -5 6 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 21 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (240) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 26 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (230) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 600 AM LOWEST 64 1200 PM AVERAGE 82 .......................................................... THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 68 84 1905 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 49 24 1913 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 2 2016.........SUNRISE 637 AM CST SUNSET 613 PM CST MARCH 3 2016.........SUNRISE 636 AM CST SUNSET 614 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$