705 CDUS44 KLCH 170837 CLILCH CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 234 AM CST SAT DEC 17 2016 ................................... ...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 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 72 1159 PM 81 1971 63 9 71 MINIMUM 41 214 AM 22 1943 44 -3 57 AVERAGE 57 54 3 64 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.01 2.37 1959 0.15 -0.14 0.05 MONTH TO DATE 8.75 2.35 6.40 1.55 SINCE DEC 1 8.75 2.35 6.40 1.55 SINCE JAN 1 71.57 55.16 16.41 63.15 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 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 8 12 -4 1 MONTH TO DATE 162 171 -9 91 SINCE DEC 1 162 171 -9 91 SINCE JUL 1 256 378 -122 167 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 10 16 -6 14 SINCE DEC 1 10 16 -6 14 SINCE JAN 1 3209 2805 404 3130 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (170) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 28 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (170) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 600 PM LOWEST 72 1100 AM AVERAGE 83 .......................................................... THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 63 82 1924 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 44 24 1972 1943 SUNRISE AND SUNSET DECEMBER 17 2016......SUNRISE 703 AM CST SUNSET 516 PM CST DECEMBER 18 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. $$