862 CDUS44 KLCH 181245 CLILCH CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 745 AM CDT TUE OCT 18 2016 ................................... ...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 17 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 87 215 PM 93 1915 81 6 79 MINIMUM 66 340 AM 40 1943 59 7 57 AVERAGE 77 70 7 68 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.48 1928 0.18 -0.18 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.13 2.45 -2.32 0.01 SINCE SEP 1 3.57 7.71 -4.14 5.70 SINCE JAN 1 59.48 45.93 13.55 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 8 -8 0 SINCE SEP 1 0 9 -9 0 SINCE JUL 1 0 9 -9 0 COOLING YESTERDAY 12 6 6 3 MONTH TO DATE 189 130 59 138 SINCE SEP 1 701 541 160 586 SINCE JAN 1 3028 2670 358 2949 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 12 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (190) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 16 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (200) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 1200 AM LOWEST 53 200 PM AVERAGE 77 .......................................................... THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 80 92 1929 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 59 36 1948 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 18 2016.......SUNRISE 717 AM CDT SUNSET 638 PM CDT OCTOBER 19 2016.......SUNRISE 718 AM CDT SUNSET 637 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$