250 CDUS44 KLCH 161124 CLILCH CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 524 AM CST FRI DEC 16 2016 ................................... ...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 15 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 56 340 PM 81 1995 63 -7 77 MINIMUM 41 1159 PM 24 1914 44 -3 50 1901 AVERAGE 49 54 -5 64 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 4.38 1986 0.15 -0.15 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 8.74 2.20 6.54 1.50 SINCE DEC 1 8.74 2.20 6.54 1.50 SINCE JAN 1 71.56 55.01 16.55 63.10 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM 0.0 MM 0.0 MM 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE DEC 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 16 12 4 1 MONTH TO DATE 154 159 -5 90 SINCE DEC 1 154 159 -5 90 SINCE JUL 1 248 366 -118 166 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 10 15 -5 14 SINCE DEC 1 10 15 -5 14 SINCE JAN 1 3209 2804 405 3130 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (40) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 23 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (40) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 83 1200 AM LOWEST 41 200 PM AVERAGE 62 .......................................................... THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 63 81 1971 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 44 22 1943 SUNRISE AND SUNSET DECEMBER 16 2016......SUNRISE 702 AM CST SUNSET 515 PM CST DECEMBER 17 2016......SUNRISE 703 AM CST SUNSET 516 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$