000 CDUS44 KLCH 051247 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 645 AM CST THU JAN 5 2006 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 4 2006... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1893 TO 2006 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 76 329 PM 86 1932 62 14 77 MINIMUM 47 616 AM 18 1911 42 5 60 AVERAGE 62 52 10 69 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.01 4.15 1931 0.20 -0.19 T MONTH TO DATE 0.01 0.80 -0.79 T SINCE DEC 1 6.21 6.31 -0.10 5.00 SINCE JAN 1 0.01 0.80 -0.79 T SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM 0.0 2003 0.0 MM 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE DEC 1 0.0 T 0.0 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.0 T 0.0 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 3 14 -11 0 MONTH TO DATE 6 56 -50 0 SINCE DEC 1 395 415 -20 394 SINCE JUL 1 597 638 -41 489 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (230) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 21 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (230) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 600 AM LOWEST 50 400 PM AVERAGE 72 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 62 79 2005 1921 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 42 19 1911 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JANUARY 5 2006.......SUNRISE 705 AM CST SUNSET 522 PM CST JANUARY 6 2006.......SUNRISE 705 AM CST SUNSET 523 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$