244 CDUS44 KLCH 281245 CLILCH CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 745 AM CDT WED SEP 28 2016 ................................... ...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 27 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 87 325 PM 97 1910 86 1 81 MINIMUM 70 738 AM 45 1942 66 4 72 AVERAGE 79 76 3 77 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 3.15 1996 0.14 -0.14 0.10 MONTH TO DATE 3.44 4.83 -1.39 4.61 SINCE SEP 1 3.44 4.83 -1.39 4.61 SINCE JAN 1 59.35 43.05 16.30 50.58 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 SEP 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 SEP 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JUL 1 0 0 0 0 COOLING YESTERDAY 14 11 3 12 MONTH TO DATE 486 380 106 405 SINCE SEP 1 486 380 106 405 SINCE JAN 1 2813 2509 304 2768 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 13 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (30) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 15 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (20) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 1000 PM LOWEST 55 1200 PM AVERAGE 74 .......................................................... THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 85 96 1998 1953 1929 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 65 45 1909 SUNRISE AND SUNSET SEPTEMBER 28 2016.....SUNRISE 705 AM CDT SUNSET 701 PM CDT SEPTEMBER 29 2016.....SUNRISE 705 AM CDT SUNSET 700 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$