507 CDUS44 KLCH 121245 CLILCH CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 745 AM CDT WED OCT 12 2016 ................................... ...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 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 86 326 PM 96 1926 82 4 82 MINIMUM 67 1159 PM 37 1917 61 6 54 AVERAGE 77 72 5 68 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 3.87 1970 0.13 -0.13 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.13 1.48 -1.35 0.00 SINCE SEP 1 3.57 6.74 -3.17 5.69 SINCE JAN 1 59.48 44.96 14.52 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 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 2 -2 0 SINCE SEP 1 0 3 -3 0 SINCE JUL 1 0 3 -3 0 COOLING YESTERDAY 12 7 5 3 MONTH TO DATE 117 92 25 88 SINCE SEP 1 629 503 126 536 SINCE JAN 1 2956 2632 324 2899 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (140) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 23 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (130) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 97 200 AM LOWEST 44 400 PM AVERAGE 71 .......................................................... THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 82 91 1929 1928 1926 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 61 41 1906 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 12 2016.......SUNRISE 713 AM CDT SUNSET 645 PM CDT OCTOBER 13 2016.......SUNRISE 714 AM CDT SUNSET 644 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$