000 CDUS44 KLCH 121008 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 408 AM CST SAT MAR 12 2005 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 11 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 72 327 PM 93 1911 71 1 70 MINIMUM 50 1148 PM 30 1924 51 -1 41 AVERAGE 61 61 0 56 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.72 1903 0.14 -0.14 T MONTH TO DATE 0.51 1.54 -1.03 0.55 SINCE MAR 1 0.51 1.54 -1.03 0.55 SINCE JAN 1 10.68 12.01 -1.33 13.08 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.0 2002 0.0 0.0 MM MONTH TO DATE 0.0 T 0.0 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 0.0 T 0.0 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.0 0.2 -0.2 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 4 5 -1 9 MONTH TO DATE 92 70 22 24 SINCE MAR 1 92 70 22 24 SINCE JUL 1 1077 1369 -292 1333 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 11 -11 45 SINCE MAR 1 0 11 -11 45 SINCE JAN 1 76 28 48 62 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 22 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (310) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 28 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (280) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 90 300 AM LOWEST 16 400 PM AVERAGE 53 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 71 90 1911 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 51 32 1948 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 12 2005.........SUNRISE 621 AM CST SUNSET 615 PM CST MARCH 13 2005.........SUNRISE 620 AM CST SUNSET 615 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$