000 CDUS44 KLCH 061039 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 439 AM CST TUE DEC 6 2005 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 5 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 52 306 PM 84 1916 67 -15 75 MINIMUM 38 1159 PM 24 1898 46 -8 57 AVERAGE 45 57 -12 66 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.59 5.09 1971 0.17 0.42 T MONTH TO DATE 1.40 0.85 0.55 0.22 SINCE DEC 1 1.40 0.85 0.55 0.22 SINCE JAN 1 36.53 57.51 -20.98 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 20 10 10 0 MONTH TO DATE 41 48 -7 56 SINCE DEC 1 41 48 -7 56 SINCE JUL 1 243 271 -28 151 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 21 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (10) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 26 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (340) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 200 AM LOWEST 48 400 PM AVERAGE 71 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 66 82 1956 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 45 25 1937 SUNRISE AND SUNSET DECEMBER 6 2005......SUNRISE 651 AM CST SUNSET 508 PM CST DECEMBER 7 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. $$