846 CDUS44 KLCH 111245 CLILCH CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 745 AM CDT WED MAY 11 2016 ................................... ...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 10 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 83 343 PM 93 2002 83 0 87 MINIMUM 73 530 AM 48 1923 65 8 76 AVERAGE 78 74 4 82 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 4.88 2013 0.15 -0.15 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 5.25 1.48 3.77 0.70 SINCE MAR 1 18.58 8.47 10.11 20.09 SINCE JAN 1 23.75 17.16 6.59 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 13 9 4 17 MONTH TO DATE 72 82 -10 109 SINCE MAR 1 346 267 79 362 SINCE JAN 1 361 290 71 368 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (170) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 24 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (160) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 200 AM LOWEST 63 400 PM AVERAGE 78 .......................................................... THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 84 91 1916 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 65 50 1981 1906 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 11 2016...........SUNRISE 621 AM CDT SUNSET 757 PM CDT MAY 12 2016...........SUNRISE 621 AM CDT SUNSET 758 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$