376 CDUS44 KLCH 201245 CLILCH CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 745 AM CDT FRI MAY 20 2016 ................................... ...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 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 78 1219 PM 94 1906 85 -7 86 MINIMUM 62 554 AM 52 2002 68 -6 69 AVERAGE 70 76 -6 78 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 1.91 3.45 1952 0.17 1.74 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 8.86 2.96 5.90 1.57 SINCE MAR 1 22.19 9.95 12.24 20.96 SINCE JAN 1 27.36 18.64 8.72 29.44 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 5 11 -6 13 MONTH TO DATE 165 176 -11 232 SINCE MAR 1 439 361 78 485 SINCE JAN 1 454 384 70 491 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 23 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (70) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 33 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (330) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 600 PM LOWEST 73 900 AM AVERAGE 87 .......................................................... THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 86 93 2003 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 68 52 2002 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 20 2016...........SUNRISE 616 AM CDT SUNSET 803 PM CDT MAY 21 2016...........SUNRISE 616 AM CDT SUNSET 804 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$