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

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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA
318 AM CDT MON MAY 20 2013


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...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 19 2013...

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)
 YESTERDAY
  MAXIMUM         86    240 PM  94    1906  85      1       87
  MINIMUM         76    604 AM  52    2002  68      8       67
  AVERAGE         81                        76      5       77

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.00          3.45 1952   0.17  -0.17     0.00
  MONTH TO DATE    5.70                      2.96   2.74     4.65
  SINCE MAR 1     12.77                      9.95   2.82    14.93
  SINCE JAN 1     29.36                     18.64  10.72    31.74

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      0.0
  SINCE JUL 1      0.0                       0.1   -0.1      0.0
  SNOW DEPTH       0

DEGREE DAYS
 HEATING
  YESTERDAY        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
  YESTERDAY       16                        11      5       12
  MONTH TO DATE  105                       176    -71      212
  SINCE MAR 1    253                       361   -108      621
  SINCE JAN 1    283                       384   -101      706
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WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    18   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SE (150)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    26   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     S (160)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    11.9


SKY COVER
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7


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


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    87          1200 AM
 LOWEST     61           100 PM
 AVERAGE    74

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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 2013...........SUNRISE   616 AM CDT   SUNSET   803 PM CDT
MAY 21 2013...........SUNRISE   616 AM CDT   SUNSET   803 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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