000 CDUS44 KLCH 031048 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 447 AM CST MON JAN 3 2005 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 2 2005... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1893 TO 2005 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 76 314 PM 81 1952 62 14 73 MINIMUM 65 225 AM 18 1928 42 23 63 AVERAGE 71 52 19 68 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 2.29 1926 0.20 -0.20 0.00 MONTH TO DATE T 0.40 -0.40 0.00 SINCE DEC 1 5.00 5.91 -0.91 2.65 SINCE JAN 1 T 0.40 -0.40 0.00 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 T 2002 0.0 0.0 0.0 1978 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE DEC 1 0.0 T 0.0 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.0 T 0.0 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 14 -14 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 28 -28 0 SINCE DEC 1 394 387 7 400 SINCE JUL 1 489 610 -121 547 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (120) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 16 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (110) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 300 AM LOWEST 69 200 PM AVERAGE 81 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 62 79 1989 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 42 19 1928 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JANUARY 3 2005.......SUNRISE 705 AM CST SUNSET 521 PM CST JANUARY 4 2005.......SUNRISE 705 AM CST SUNSET 521 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$