215 CDUS44 KLCH 101245 CLILCH CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 745 AM CDT TUE MAY 10 2016 ................................... ...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 9 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 80 209 PM 92 1916 83 -3 85 MINIMUM 72 635 AM 48 1917 65 7 76 1898 AVERAGE 76 74 2 81 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.01 2.55 1907 0.16 -0.15 T MONTH TO DATE 5.25 1.33 3.92 0.70 SINCE MAR 1 18.58 8.32 10.26 20.09 SINCE JAN 1 23.75 17.01 6.74 28.57 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 T SINCE JUL 1 0.0 0.1 -0.1 T SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE MAR 1 85 207 -122 105 SINCE JUL 1 1034 1489 -455 1543 COOLING YESTERDAY 11 9 2 16 MONTH TO DATE 59 73 -14 92 SINCE MAR 1 333 258 75 345 SINCE JAN 1 348 281 67 351 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 28 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (150) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 39 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (160) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 1000 PM LOWEST 68 1200 AM AVERAGE 81 .......................................................... THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 83 93 2002 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 65 48 1923 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 10 2016...........SUNRISE 622 AM CDT SUNSET 757 PM CDT MAY 11 2016...........SUNRISE 621 AM CDT SUNSET 757 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$