000 CDUS44 KLCH 051032 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 431 AM CST MON DEC 5 2005 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 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 79 132 PM 89 1909 67 12 62 MINIMUM 49 1159 PM 24 1929 46 3 49 AVERAGE 64 57 7 56 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.72 1.36 1955 0.17 0.55 T MONTH TO DATE 0.81 0.68 0.13 0.22 SINCE DEC 1 0.81 0.68 0.13 0.22 SINCE JAN 1 35.94 57.34 -21.40 75.57 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM 0.0 2001 0.0 MM 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE DEC 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.0 T 0.0 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 1 10 -9 9 MONTH TO DATE 21 38 -17 56 SINCE DEC 1 21 38 -17 56 SINCE JUL 1 223 261 -38 151 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (160) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 23 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (300) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 600 AM LOWEST 67 1100 AM AVERAGE 80 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 67 84 1916 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 46 24 1898 SUNRISE AND SUNSET DECEMBER 5 2005......SUNRISE 650 AM CST SUNSET 507 PM CST DECEMBER 6 2005......SUNRISE 651 AM CST SUNSET 508 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$