569 CDUS44 KLCH 291245 CLILCH CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 745 AM CDT THU SEP 29 2016 ................................... ...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 28 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 87 355 PM 96 1998 85 2 85 1953 1929 MINIMUM 67 629 AM 45 1909 65 2 70 AVERAGE 77 75 2 78 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.30 1913 0.14 -0.14 0.91 MONTH TO DATE 3.44 4.97 -1.53 5.52 SINCE SEP 1 3.44 4.97 -1.53 5.52 SINCE JAN 1 59.35 43.19 16.16 51.49 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 12 10 2 13 MONTH TO DATE 498 390 108 418 SINCE SEP 1 498 390 108 418 SINCE JAN 1 2825 2519 306 2781 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 10 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (30) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 13 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (230) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.0 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 97 1100 PM LOWEST 50 300 PM AVERAGE 74 .......................................................... THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 85 97 1953 1910 1897 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 65 45 1909 SUNRISE AND SUNSET SEPTEMBER 29 2016.....SUNRISE 705 AM CDT SUNSET 700 PM CDT SEPTEMBER 30 2016.....SUNRISE 706 AM CDT SUNSET 659 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$