387 CDUS44 KLCH 171245 CLILCH CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 745 AM CDT MON OCT 17 2016 ................................... ...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 16 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 87 244 PM 93 1947 81 6 92 1916 MINIMUM 68 1138 PM 43 1943 59 9 58 1939 AVERAGE 78 70 8 75 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.71 2006 0.17 -0.17 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.13 2.27 -2.14 0.01 SINCE SEP 1 3.57 7.53 -3.96 5.70 SINCE JAN 1 59.48 45.75 13.73 51.67 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 7 -7 0 SINCE SEP 1 0 8 -8 0 SINCE JUL 1 0 8 -8 0 COOLING YESTERDAY 13 6 7 10 MONTH TO DATE 177 124 53 135 SINCE SEP 1 689 535 154 583 SINCE JAN 1 3016 2664 352 2946 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 12 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (210) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 16 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (180) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 100 AM LOWEST 59 200 PM AVERAGE 80 .......................................................... THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 81 93 1915 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 59 40 1943 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 17 2016.......SUNRISE 716 AM CDT SUNSET 639 PM CDT OCTOBER 18 2016.......SUNRISE 717 AM CDT SUNSET 638 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$