000 CDUS44 KLCH 281233 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 633 AM CST WED DEC 28 2005 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 27 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 75 209 PM 82 1984 63 12 64 MINIMUM 47 348 AM 24 1935 43 4 29 AVERAGE 61 53 8 47 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.62 1942 0.19 -0.19 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 6.20 4.74 1.46 5.00 SINCE DEC 1 6.20 4.74 1.46 5.00 SINCE JAN 1 41.33 61.40 -20.07 80.35 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 4 13 -9 18 MONTH TO DATE 381 306 75 373 SINCE DEC 1 381 306 75 373 SINCE JUL 1 583 529 54 468 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 23 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (190) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 32 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (200) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 600 AM LOWEST 53 1100 AM AVERAGE 73 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 62 81 1984 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 43 20 1925 SUNRISE AND SUNSET DECEMBER 28 2005......SUNRISE 703 AM CST SUNSET 516 PM CST DECEMBER 29 2005......SUNRISE 704 AM CST SUNSET 517 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$