000 CDUS44 KLCH 311226 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 626 AM CST SAT DEC 31 2005 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 30 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 76 214 PM 83 1971 62 14 74 MINIMUM 49 504 AM 14 1917 42 7 56 AVERAGE 63 52 11 65 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.05 1911 0.19 -0.19 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 6.20 5.31 0.89 5.00 SINCE DEC 1 6.20 5.31 0.89 5.00 SINCE JAN 1 41.33 61.97 -20.64 80.35 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.0 2002 0.0 0.0 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 2 13 -11 0 MONTH TO DATE 389 345 44 394 SINCE DEC 1 389 345 44 394 SINCE JUL 1 591 568 23 489 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (190) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 23 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (190) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 1000 PM LOWEST 58 100 PM AVERAGE 76 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 62 86 1940 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 42 16 1983 SUNRISE AND SUNSET DECEMBER 31 2005......SUNRISE 704 AM CST SUNSET 518 PM CST JANUARY 1 2006.......SUNRISE 704 AM CST SUNSET 519 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$