976 CDUS44 KLCH 110831 CLILCH CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 331 AM CDT THU OCT 11 2018 ................................... ...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 10 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 88 242 PM 92 2017 82 6 92 1963 1929 MINIMUM 69 1159 PM 36 1917 61 8 72 AVERAGE 79 72 7 82 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.01 2.49 2017 0.13 -0.12 2.49 MONTH TO DATE 1.32 1.35 -0.03 3.18 SINCE SEP 1 11.64 6.61 5.03 3.81 SINCE JAN 1 46.76 44.83 1.93 67.57 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 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 1 -1 0 SINCE SEP 1 0 2 -2 0 SINCE JUL 1 0 2 -2 0 COOLING YESTERDAY 14 7 7 17 MONTH TO DATE 166 85 81 156 SINCE SEP 1 681 496 185 605 SINCE JAN 1 3216 2625 591 2931 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (340) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 24 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (10) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 300 AM LOWEST 40 300 PM AVERAGE 70 .......................................................... THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 82 96 1926 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 61 37 1917 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 11 2018.......SUNRISE 712 AM CDT SUNSET 646 PM CDT OCTOBER 12 2018.......SUNRISE 713 AM CDT SUNSET 645 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$