000 CDUS44 KLCH 041028 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 427 AM CST TUE JAN 4 2005 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 3 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 78 217 PM 79 1989 62 16 78 MINIMUM 64 801 AM 19 1928 42 22 61 AVERAGE 71 52 19 70 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 3.24 1926 0.20 -0.20 0.00 MONTH TO DATE T 0.60 -0.60 0.00 SINCE DEC 1 5.00 6.11 -1.11 2.65 SINCE JAN 1 T 0.60 -0.60 0.00 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 T 1976 0.0 0.0 0.0 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 42 -42 0 SINCE DEC 1 394 401 -7 400 SINCE JUL 1 489 624 -135 547 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (170) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 23 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (170) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 200 AM LOWEST 56 100 PM AVERAGE 75 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 62 86 1932 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 42 18 1911 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JANUARY 4 2005.......SUNRISE 705 AM CST SUNSET 521 PM CST JANUARY 5 2005.......SUNRISE 705 AM CST SUNSET 522 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$