648 CDUS44 KLCH 021245 CLILCH CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 745 AM CDT SAT APR 2 2016 ................................... ...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 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 72 256 AM 88 1910 75 -3 79 1908 MINIMUM 53 1159 PM 36 1937 55 -2 61 1913 AVERAGE 63 65 -2 70 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.17 1.40 1917 0.10 0.07 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.17 0.10 0.07 0.00 SINCE MAR 1 3.62 3.76 -0.14 6.21 SINCE JAN 1 8.79 12.45 -3.66 14.69 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 T SINCE JUL 1 0.0 0.1 -0.1 T SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 2 3 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 2 3 -1 0 SINCE MAR 1 70 165 -95 101 SINCE JUL 1 1019 1447 -428 1539 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 3 -3 5 MONTH TO DATE 0 3 -3 5 SINCE MAR 1 110 52 58 62 SINCE JAN 1 125 75 50 68 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 26 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (30) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 33 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (30) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 14.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 1200 AM LOWEST 56 200 PM AVERAGE 75 .......................................................... THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 75 86 1897 1895 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 55 37 1962 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 2 2016.........SUNRISE 700 AM CDT SUNSET 733 PM CDT APRIL 3 2016.........SUNRISE 659 AM CDT SUNSET 733 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$