000 CDUS44 KLCH 081030 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 429 AM CST SAT JAN 8 2005 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 7 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 76 133 PM 81 1894 62 14 49 MINIMUM 52 156 AM 17 1924 42 10 29 AVERAGE 64 52 12 39 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.60 3.62 1993 0.21 0.39 T MONTH TO DATE 0.68 1.42 -0.74 0.31 SINCE DEC 1 5.68 6.93 -1.25 2.96 SINCE JAN 1 0.68 1.42 -0.74 0.31 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.0 2002 0.0 0.0 MM 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 1 14 -13 26 MONTH TO DATE 5 98 -93 62 SINCE DEC 1 399 457 -58 462 SINCE JUL 1 494 680 -186 609 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 25 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (170) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 30 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (180) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 900 PM LOWEST 74 1200 PM AVERAGE 84 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 62 81 1907 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 42 21 1942 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JANUARY 8 2005.......SUNRISE 705 AM CST SUNSET 525 PM CST JANUARY 9 2005.......SUNRISE 705 AM CST SUNSET 525 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$