099 CDUS44 KLCH 292205 CLILCH CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 405 PM CST SAT FEB 29 2020 ................................... ...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 29 2020... VALID TODAY AS OF 0400 PM LOCAL TIME. CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1895 TO 2020 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) TODAY MAXIMUM 72 117 PM 84 1932 68 4 74 MINIMUM 42 622 AM 32 1984 48 -6 55 AVERAGE 57 58 -1 65 PRECIPITATION (IN) TODAY 0.00 0.54 1996 0.12 -0.12 0.26 MONTH TO DATE 2.84 3.46 -0.62 1.92 SINCE DEC 1 10.10 13.37 -3.27 14.96 SINCE JAN 1 9.12 8.69 0.43 7.92 SNOWFALL (IN) TODAY MM 0.0 MM 0.0 MM 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.1 -0.1 0.0 SINCE DEC 1 0.0 0.1 -0.1 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.0 0.1 -0.1 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TODAY 8 8 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 229 299 -70 147 SINCE DEC 1 711 1083 -372 797 SINCE JUL 1 956 1290 -334 1036 COOLING TODAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 21 14 7 24 SINCE DEC 1 76 44 32 29 SINCE JAN 1 51 24 27 26 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (220) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 24 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (220) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY. FOG FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 92 100 AM LOWEST 29 100 PM AVERAGE 61 .......................................................... THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 68 81 2012 2000 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 48 26 1913 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 29 2020......SUNRISE 639 AM CST SUNSET 612 PM CST MARCH 1 2020.........SUNRISE 638 AM CST SUNSET 612 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$