000 CDUS44 KLCH 111226 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 626 AM CST WED JAN 11 2006 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 10 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 68 942 AM 79 1950 61 7 71 MINIMUM 48 1142 PM 14 1962 42 6 58 AVERAGE 58 52 6 65 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.03 4.66 1991 0.21 -0.18 T MONTH TO DATE 0.03 2.05 -2.02 0.68 SINCE DEC 1 6.23 7.56 -1.33 5.68 SINCE JAN 1 0.03 2.05 -2.02 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 7 14 -7 0 MONTH TO DATE 60 140 -80 23 SINCE DEC 1 449 499 -50 417 SINCE JUL 1 651 722 -71 512 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (180) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 18 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (240) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 90 400 AM LOWEST 68 1000 AM AVERAGE 79 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 61 79 1907 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 42 10 1982 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JANUARY 11 2006.......SUNRISE 705 AM CST SUNSET 527 PM CST JANUARY 12 2006.......SUNRISE 705 AM CST SUNSET 528 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$