013 CDUS44 KLCH 201245 CLILCH CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 745 AM CDT WED APR 20 2016 ................................... ...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 19 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 77 122 PM 92 1965 79 -2 82 1908 MINIMUM 67 1037 PM 42 1939 59 8 59 AVERAGE 72 69 3 71 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.03 2.00 1915 0.11 -0.08 0.03 MONTH TO DATE 3.18 2.06 1.12 10.08 SINCE MAR 1 6.63 5.72 0.91 16.29 SINCE JAN 1 11.80 14.41 -2.61 24.77 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 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 17 38 -21 1 SINCE MAR 1 85 200 -115 102 SINCE JUL 1 1034 1482 -448 1540 COOLING YESTERDAY 7 5 2 6 MONTH TO DATE 71 72 -1 132 SINCE MAR 1 181 121 60 189 SINCE JAN 1 196 144 52 195 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (140) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 23 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (150) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 97 400 AM LOWEST 74 1200 PM AVERAGE 86 .......................................................... THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 79 89 1987 1908 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 59 40 1910 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 20 2016.........SUNRISE 640 AM CDT SUNSET 744 PM CDT APRIL 21 2016.........SUNRISE 639 AM CDT SUNSET 744 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$