000 CDUS44 KLCH 031012 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 411 AM CST THU FEB 3 2005 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 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 51 427 PM 81 1927 63 -12 66 MINIMUM 47 1159 PM 14 1951 43 4 45 AVERAGE 49 53 -4 56 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 3.96 1959 0.17 -0.17 0.29 MONTH TO DATE 1.29 0.35 0.94 0.31 SINCE DEC 1 10.54 12.11 -1.57 7.58 SINCE JAN 1 5.54 6.60 -1.06 4.93 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM T 1980 T MM MM MONTH TO DATE MM 0.1 MM MM SINCE DEC 1 0.0 0.2 -0.2 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.0 0.2 -0.2 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 16 13 3 9 MONTH TO DATE 32 26 6 20 SINCE DEC 1 710 814 -104 811 SINCE JUL 1 805 1037 -232 958 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (340) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 20 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (310) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 1200 AM LOWEST 77 400 PM AVERAGE 85 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 63 83 1927 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 43 13 1951 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 3 2005......SUNRISE 657 AM CST SUNSET 547 PM CST FEBRUARY 4 2005......SUNRISE 657 AM CST SUNSET 548 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$