000 CDUS44 KLCH 091209 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 609 AM CST MON JAN 9 2006 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 8 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 73 1251 PM 81 1907 62 11 63 MINIMUM 46 419 AM 21 1942 42 4 48 AVERAGE 60 52 8 56 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.01 3.19 1993 0.21 -0.20 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.01 1.63 -1.62 0.68 SINCE DEC 1 6.21 7.14 -0.93 5.68 SINCE JAN 1 0.01 1.63 -1.62 0.68 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM MM MM 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 5 14 -9 9 MONTH TO DATE 53 112 -59 14 SINCE DEC 1 442 471 -29 408 SINCE JUL 1 644 694 -50 503 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 23 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (190) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 29 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (190) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 300 AM LOWEST 49 1200 PM AVERAGE 71 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 61 81 1957 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 42 21 1962 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JANUARY 9 2006.......SUNRISE 705 AM CST SUNSET 525 PM CST JANUARY 10 2006.......SUNRISE 705 AM CST SUNSET 526 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$