579 CDUS44 KLCH 100849 CLILCH CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 349 AM CDT WED OCT 10 2018 ................................... ...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 9 2018... 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) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 88 138 PM 93 1916 83 5 91 MINIMUM 72 1159 PM 39 1921 62 10 75 AVERAGE 80 72 8 83 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.54 3.01 2002 0.12 0.42 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.31 1.22 0.09 0.69 SINCE SEP 1 11.63 6.48 5.15 1.32 SINCE JAN 1 46.75 44.70 2.05 65.08 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 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 YESTERDAY 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 YESTERDAY 15 8 7 18 MONTH TO DATE 152 78 74 139 SINCE SEP 1 667 489 178 588 SINCE JAN 1 3202 2618 584 2914 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 23 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (120) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 29 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (120) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 97 800 PM LOWEST 68 100 PM AVERAGE 83 .......................................................... THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 82 92 2017 1963 1929 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 61 36 1917 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 10 2018.......SUNRISE 712 AM CDT SUNSET 647 PM CDT OCTOBER 11 2018.......SUNRISE 712 AM CDT SUNSET 646 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$