000 CDUS44 KLCH 291012 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 411 AM CST SAT JAN 29 2005 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 28 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 60 801 PM 81 1957 62 -2 54 MINIMUM 49 1025 AM 19 1897 42 7 26 AVERAGE 55 52 3 40 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.63 2.60 1912 0.19 0.44 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 2.38 5.70 -3.32 2.91 SINCE DEC 1 7.38 11.21 -3.83 5.56 SINCE JAN 1 2.38 5.70 -3.32 2.91 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 T 1961 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 10 13 -3 25 MONTH TO DATE 239 390 -151 343 SINCE DEC 1 633 749 -116 743 SINCE JUL 1 728 972 -244 890 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (60) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 18 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (70) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 96 1200 PM LOWEST 59 1200 AM AVERAGE 78 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 62 80 2002 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 43 24 1961 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JANUARY 29 2005.......SUNRISE 700 AM CST SUNSET 543 PM CST JANUARY 30 2005.......SUNRISE 700 AM CST SUNSET 543 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$