000 CDUS44 KLCH 041015 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 414 AM CST FRI FEB 4 2005 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 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 47 441 PM 83 1927 63 -16 57 MINIMUM 45 1159 PM 13 1951 43 2 37 AVERAGE 46 53 -7 47 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.06 1956 0.17 -0.17 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.29 0.52 0.77 0.31 SINCE DEC 1 10.54 12.28 -1.74 7.58 SINCE JAN 1 5.54 6.77 -1.23 4.93 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.0 2002 0.0 0.0 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.1 -0.1 0.0 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 19 12 7 18 MONTH TO DATE 51 38 13 38 SINCE DEC 1 729 826 -97 829 SINCE JUL 1 824 1049 -225 976 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (20) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 22 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (10) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 83 1200 AM LOWEST 71 100 PM AVERAGE 77 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 63 85 1957 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 43 18 1996 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 4 2005......SUNRISE 657 AM CST SUNSET 548 PM CST FEBRUARY 5 2005......SUNRISE 656 AM CST SUNSET 549 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$