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CDUS44 KLCH 092308
CLILCH
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA
607 PM CDT WED MAY 9 2012
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..THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 9 2012
VALID TODAY AS OF 0500 PM LOCAL TIME.
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1895 TO 2012
WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST
VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR
NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
TODAY
MAXIMUM 84 359 PM 91 1978 83 1 87
1916
MINIMUM 69 606 AM 48 1917 65 4 74
1898
AVERAGE 77 74 3 81
PRECIPITATION (IN)
TODAY 0.00 0.75 1913 0.16 -0.16 0.00
MONTH TO DATE 2.82 1.33 1.49 0.42
SINCE MAR 1 13.10 8.32 4.78 7.84
SINCE JAN 1 29.91 17.01 12.90 14.50
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 0.0
SNOW DEPTH 0
DEGREE DAYS
HEATING
TODAY 0 0 0 0
MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 7
SINCE MAR 1 39 207 -168 100
SINCE JUL 1 954 1489 -535 1490
COOLING
TODAY 12 9 3 16
MONTH TO DATE 120 73 47 61
SINCE MAR 1 529 258 271 396
SINCE JAN 1 614 281 333 437
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WIND (MPH)
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (30)
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 20 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (10)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.7
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4
WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.
FOG
HAZE
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
HIGHEST 97 400 AM
LOWEST 48 400 PM
AVERAGE 73
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THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
NORMAL RECORD YEAR
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 83 93 2002
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 65 48 1923
SUNRISE AND SUNSET
MAY 9 2012...........SUNRISE 623 AM CDT SUNSET 756 PM CDT
MAY 10 2012...........SUNRISE 622 AM CDT SUNSET 757 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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