631 CDUS44 KLCH 051231 CLILCH CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 731 AM CDT WED OCT 5 2016 ................................... ...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 4 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 87 343 PM 95 1911 84 3 75 1904 1898 MINIMUM 65 631 AM 45 1987 63 2 54 AVERAGE 76 74 2 65 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.01 4.00 1906 0.15 -0.14 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.04 0.58 -0.54 0.00 SINCE SEP 1 3.48 5.84 -2.36 5.69 SINCE JAN 1 59.39 44.06 15.33 51.66 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 1 -1 0 SINCE JUL 1 0 1 -1 0 COOLING YESTERDAY 11 9 2 0 MONTH TO DATE 35 37 -2 20 SINCE SEP 1 547 448 99 468 SINCE JAN 1 2874 2577 297 2831 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (150) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 23 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (150) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 94 800 PM LOWEST 61 400 PM AVERAGE 78 .......................................................... THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 84 96 1909 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 63 46 1987 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 5 2016.......SUNRISE 709 AM CDT SUNSET 653 PM CDT OCTOBER 6 2016.......SUNRISE 710 AM CDT SUNSET 652 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$