319 CDUS44 KLCH 092210 CLILCH CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 510 PM CDT TUE OCT 9 2018 ................................... ...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 9 2018... VALID TODAY AS OF 0500 PM LOCAL TIME. CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1895 TO 2018 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) TODAY MAXIMUM 88 138 PM 93 1916 83 5 91 MINIMUM 75 649 AM 39 1921 62 13 75 AVERAGE 82 72 10 83 PRECIPITATION (IN) TODAY 0.01 3.01 2002 0.12 -0.11 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.78 1.22 -0.44 0.69 SINCE SEP 1 11.10 6.48 4.62 1.32 SINCE JAN 1 46.22 44.70 1.52 65.08 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 SEP 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TODAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE SEP 1 0 1 -1 0 SINCE JUL 1 0 1 -1 0 COOLING TODAY 17 8 9 18 MONTH TO DATE 154 78 76 139 SINCE SEP 1 669 489 180 588 SINCE JAN 1 3204 2618 586 2914 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 23 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (120) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 29 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (120) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 12.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY. HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 94 1200 AM LOWEST 68 100 PM AVERAGE 81 .......................................................... THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 82 92 2017 1963 1929 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 61 36 1917 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 9 2018.......SUNRISE 711 AM CDT SUNSET 649 PM CDT OCTOBER 10 2018.......SUNRISE 712 AM CDT SUNSET 647 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$