000 CDUS44 KLCH 151024 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 421 AM CST TUE FEB 15 2005 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 14 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 78 444 PM 85 1911 65 13 47 MINIMUM 59 1159 PM 14 1905 45 14 41 AVERAGE 69 55 14 44 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 2.00 1909 0.15 -0.15 0.17 MONTH TO DATE 4.19 2.25 1.94 5.27 SINCE DEC 1 13.44 14.01 -0.57 12.54 SINCE JAN 1 8.44 8.50 -0.06 9.89 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 MM 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 0 10 -10 21 MONTH TO DATE 135 163 -28 198 SINCE DEC 1 813 951 -138 989 SINCE JUL 1 908 1174 -266 1136 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (40) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 18 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (30) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM LIGHT RAIN FOG FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 96 200 AM LOWEST 31 300 PM AVERAGE 64 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 65 84 1911 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 45 24 1895 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 15 2005......SUNRISE 648 AM CST SUNSET 557 PM CST FEBRUARY 16 2005......SUNRISE 647 AM CST SUNSET 558 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$