Climatological Report (Daily)
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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA
443 AM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013


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...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 18 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    319 PM  95    1933  85      1       88
  MINIMUM         74    902 PM  53    1945  67      7       64
                                      1917
  AVERAGE         80                        76      4       76

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.00          4.64 1923   0.17  -0.17     0.00
  MONTH TO DATE    5.70                      2.79   2.91     4.65
  SINCE MAR 1     12.77                      9.78   2.99    14.93
  SINCE JAN 1     29.36                     18.47  10.89    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       15                        11      4       11
  MONTH TO DATE   89                       165    -76      200
  SINCE MAR 1    237                       350   -113      609
  SINCE JAN 1    267                       373   -106      694
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WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    15   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SE (150)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    21   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     S (170)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     9.2


SKY COVER
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5


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


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    87          1200 AM
 LOWEST     59           100 PM
 AVERAGE    73

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THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   85        94      1906
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   68        52      2002


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
MAY 19 2013...........SUNRISE   617 AM CDT   SUNSET   802 PM CDT
MAY 20 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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