899 CDUS44 KLCH 121251 CLILCH CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 741 AM CDT FRI AUG 12 2016 ................................... ...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 11 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 89 416 PM 102 2015 92 -3 102 MINIMUM 78 517 AM 66 1989 74 4 75 AVERAGE 84 83 1 89 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 2.44 1988 0.15 -0.15 0.01 MONTH TO DATE 3.50 1.82 1.68 0.20 SINCE JUN 1 15.39 14.30 1.09 8.36 SINCE JAN 1 44.71 35.18 9.53 42.79 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 JUN 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE JUN 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JUL 1 0 0 0 0 COOLING YESTERDAY 19 18 1 24 MONTH TO DATE 237 198 39 240 SINCE JUN 1 1369 1231 138 1378 SINCE JAN 1 1985 1769 216 2022 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 12 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (220) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 17 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (210) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 300 AM LOWEST 70 100 PM AVERAGE 85 .......................................................... THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 92 102 1951 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 74 61 1967 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 12 2016........SUNRISE 639 AM CDT SUNSET 756 PM CDT AUGUST 13 2016........SUNRISE 639 AM CDT SUNSET 756 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$