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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA                            
745 AM CDT FRI MAY 20 2016


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...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 19 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             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         78   1219 PM  94    1906  85     -7       86       
  MINIMUM         62    554 AM  52    2002  68     -6       69       
  AVERAGE         70                        76     -6       78      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        1.91          3.45 1952   0.17   1.74     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    8.86                      2.96   5.90     1.57    
  SINCE MAR 1     22.19                      9.95  12.24    20.96    
  SINCE JAN 1     27.36                     18.64   8.72    29.44    
                                                                     
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 MAR 1      0.0                       0.0    0.0       T      
  SINCE JUL 1      0.0                       0.1   -0.1       T      
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         0      0        0       
  SINCE MAR 1     85                       207   -122      105       
  SINCE JUL 1   1034                      1489   -455     1543       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        5                        11     -6       13       
  MONTH TO DATE  165                       176    -11      232       
  SINCE MAR 1    439                       361     78      485       
  SINCE JAN 1    454                       384     70      491       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    23   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     E (70)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    33   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (330)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     8.5                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5                                              

                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  THUNDERSTORM                                                       
  HEAVY RAIN                                                         
  RAIN                                                               
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         
  FOG                                                                

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST   100           600 PM                                     
 LOWEST     73           900 AM                                     
 AVERAGE    87                                                       

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THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   86        93      2003                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   68        52      2002                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
MAY 20 2016...........SUNRISE   616 AM CDT   SUNSET   803 PM CDT   
MAY 21 2016...........SUNRISE   616 AM CDT   SUNSET   804 PM CDT   

                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.                                          




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