487 CDUS44 KLCH 141355 CLILCH CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 854 AM CDT THU APR 14 2016 ................................... ...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 13 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 77 215 PM 89 1992 77 0 84 1910 MINIMUM 63 728 AM 30 1913 57 6 69 AVERAGE 70 67 3 77 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 1.58 3.60 1967 0.11 1.47 0.45 MONTH TO DATE 1.81 1.40 0.41 5.96 SINCE MAR 1 5.26 5.06 0.20 12.17 SINCE JAN 1 10.43 13.75 -3.32 20.65 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 0 2 -2 0 MONTH TO DATE 17 31 -14 1 SINCE MAR 1 85 193 -108 102 SINCE JUL 1 1034 1475 -441 1540 COOLING YESTERDAY 5 4 1 12 MONTH TO DATE 26 45 -19 91 SINCE MAR 1 136 94 42 148 SINCE JAN 1 151 117 34 154 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 26 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (30) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 34 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (40) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 400 AM LOWEST 64 200 PM AVERAGE 79 .......................................................... THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 78 88 1912 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 58 34 1913 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 14 2016.........SUNRISE 646 AM CDT SUNSET 740 PM CDT APRIL 15 2016.........SUNRISE 645 AM CDT SUNSET 741 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$