461 CDUS44 KLCH 092208 CLILCH CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 408 PM CST SAT MAR 9 2019 ................................... ...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 9 2019... VALID TODAY AS OF 0400 PM LOCAL TIME. CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1895 TO 2019 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) TODAY MAXIMUM 74 1204 PM 83 1951 70 4 71 MINIMUM 69 713 AM 26 1996 50 19 44 AVERAGE 72 60 12 58 PRECIPITATION (IN) TODAY 0.00 1.25 2012 0.12 -0.12 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.10 1.10 -1.00 1.55 SINCE MAR 1 0.10 1.10 -1.00 1.55 SINCE JAN 1 8.02 9.79 -1.77 14.14 SNOWFALL (IN) TODAY 0.0 0.0 MM 0.0 0.0 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.0 0.1 -0.1 2.2 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TODAY 0 6 -6 7 MONTH TO DATE 80 64 16 38 SINCE MAR 1 80 64 16 38 SINCE JUL 1 1116 1346 -230 1194 COOLING TODAY 7 1 6 0 MONTH TO DATE 13 9 4 10 SINCE MAR 1 13 9 4 10 SINCE JAN 1 39 32 7 112 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (210) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 26 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (180) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY. HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 90 1200 AM LOWEST 79 1000 AM AVERAGE 85 .......................................................... THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 70 89 1911 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 50 26 1996 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 9 2019.........SUNRISE 630 AM CST SUNSET 617 PM CST MARCH 10 2019.........SUNRISE 729 AM CDT SUNSET 718 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$