000 CDUS44 KLCH 071011 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 411 AM CST WED DEC 7 2005 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 6 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 56 325 PM 82 1956 66 -10 79 MINIMUM 30 546 AM 25 1937 45 -15 71 AVERAGE 43 56 -13 75 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 3.43 1920 0.17 -0.17 T MONTH TO DATE 1.40 1.02 0.38 0.22 SINCE DEC 1 1.40 1.02 0.38 0.22 SINCE JAN 1 36.53 57.68 -21.15 75.57 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.0 2002 0.0 0.0 0.0 2001 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 22 10 12 0 MONTH TO DATE 63 58 5 56 SINCE DEC 1 63 58 5 56 SINCE JUL 1 265 281 -16 151 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (60) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 18 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (80) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 89 800 AM LOWEST 26 300 PM AVERAGE 58 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 66 82 1956 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 45 18 1950 SUNRISE AND SUNSET DECEMBER 7 2005......SUNRISE 651 AM CST SUNSET 508 PM CST DECEMBER 8 2005......SUNRISE 652 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. $$