000 CDUS44 KLCH 051030 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 429 AM CST SAT FEB 5 2005 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 4 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 53 346 PM 85 1957 63 -10 64 MINIMUM 42 1159 PM 18 1996 43 -1 41 AVERAGE 48 53 -5 53 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 3.12 1992 0.17 -0.17 0.50 MONTH TO DATE 1.29 0.69 0.60 0.81 SINCE DEC 1 10.54 12.45 -1.91 8.08 SINCE JAN 1 5.54 6.94 -1.40 5.43 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.0 MM 0.0 0.0 MM 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 17 12 5 12 MONTH TO DATE 68 50 18 50 SINCE DEC 1 746 838 -92 841 SINCE JUL 1 841 1061 -220 988 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (10) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 20 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (10) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.1 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 82 800 AM LOWEST 63 300 PM AVERAGE 73 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 63 81 1911 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 43 16 1996 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 5 2005......SUNRISE 656 AM CST SUNSET 549 PM CST FEBRUARY 6 2005......SUNRISE 655 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. $$