739 CDUS44 KLCH 140816 CLILCH CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 315 AM CDT SAT MAY 14 2016 ................................... ...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 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 88 248 PM 92 1920 84 4 82 1916 1915 MINIMUM 69 1146 PM 48 1895 66 3 71 AVERAGE 79 75 4 77 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 3.23 1966 0.15 -0.15 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 5.84 1.95 3.89 1.31 SINCE MAR 1 19.17 8.94 10.23 20.70 SINCE JAN 1 24.34 17.63 6.71 29.18 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 14 10 4 12 MONTH TO DATE 111 112 -1 142 SINCE MAR 1 385 297 88 395 SINCE JAN 1 400 320 80 401 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (50) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 22 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (40) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 1200 AM LOWEST 48 400 PM AVERAGE 74 .......................................................... THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 84 94 1915 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 66 51 1917 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 14 2016...........SUNRISE 620 AM CDT SUNSET 759 PM CDT MAY 15 2016...........SUNRISE 619 AM CDT SUNSET 800 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$