Climatological Report (Daily)
Issued by NWS Lake Charles, LA

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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA
513 PM CDT TUE MAY 21 2013


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...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 21 2013...
VALID TODAY AS OF 0500 PM LOCAL TIME.

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1895 TO 2013


WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR
                                                  NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
 TODAY
  MAXIMUM         86    106 PM  99    2005  86      0       92
  MINIMUM         77    602 AM  52    1981  68      9       71
  AVERAGE         82                        77      5       82

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  TODAY            0.00          4.20 1967   0.17  -0.17     0.00
  MONTH TO DATE    5.70                      3.31   2.39     4.65
  SINCE MAR 1     12.77                     10.30   2.47    14.93
  SINCE JAN 1     29.36                     18.99  10.37    31.74

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   24                         0     24        0
  SINCE MAR 1    298                       207     91       39
  SINCE JUL 1   1267                      1489   -222      954

 COOLING
  TODAY           17                        12      5       17
  MONTH TO DATE  139                       200    -61      243
  SINCE MAR 1    287                       385    -98      652
  SINCE JAN 1    317                       408    -91      737
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WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    21   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     S (160)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    32   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     S (160)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    12.7


SKY COVER
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8


WEATHER CONDITIONS
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    88           200 AM
 LOWEST     65          1200 PM
 AVERAGE    77

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THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   86       100      1915
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   68        50      1901


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
MAY 21 2013...........SUNRISE   616 AM CDT   SUNSET   803 PM CDT
MAY 22 2013...........SUNRISE   615 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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