000 CDUS44 KLCH 121226 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 626 AM CST MON DEC 12 2005 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 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 62 229 PM 84 1931 65 -3 59 MINIMUM 38 708 AM 23 1898 45 -7 45 AVERAGE 50 55 -5 52 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.00 1899 0.17 -0.17 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.62 1.87 -0.25 4.15 SINCE DEC 1 1.62 1.87 -0.25 4.15 SINCE JAN 1 36.75 58.53 -21.78 79.50 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM 0.0 2002 0.0 MM 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 15 11 4 13 MONTH TO DATE 154 111 43 78 SINCE DEC 1 154 111 43 78 SINCE JUL 1 356 334 22 173 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (310) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 17 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (330) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 89 200 AM LOWEST 32 300 PM AVERAGE 61 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 65 83 1971 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 44 20 1962 SUNRISE AND SUNSET DECEMBER 12 2005......SUNRISE 655 AM CST SUNSET 509 PM CST DECEMBER 13 2005......SUNRISE 656 AM CST SUNSET 509 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$