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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA                            
427 AM CST MON JAN 16 2006

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...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 15 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             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         64    306 PM  82    1928  61      3       55       
  MINIMUM         39    133 AM  23    1964  42     -3       37       
  AVERAGE         52                        52      0       46      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          2.89 1924   0.21  -0.21     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.84                      3.10  -2.26     1.75    
  SINCE DEC 1      7.04                      8.61  -1.57     6.75    
  SINCE JAN 1      0.84                      3.10  -2.26     1.75    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0          MM      MM   0.0    0.0      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       13                        14     -1       19       
  MONTH TO DATE  113                       210    -97       62       
  SINCE DEC 1    502                       569    -67      456       
  SINCE JUL 1    704                       792    -88      551       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    16   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     S (180)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    20   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     S (170)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     7.3                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    79           200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     36           100 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    58                                                       
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THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   61        79      1952                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   42        20      1905                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
JANUARY 16 2006.......SUNRISE   705 AM CST   SUNSET   531 PM CST   
JANUARY 17 2006.......SUNRISE   705 AM CST   SUNSET   532 PM CST   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.                                          


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