000 CDUS44 KLCH 171032 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 431 AM CST TUE JAN 17 2006 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 16 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 72 128 PM 79 1952 61 11 53 MINIMUM 55 1222 AM 20 1905 42 13 37 AVERAGE 64 52 12 45 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 2.78 1925 0.21 -0.21 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.84 3.31 -2.47 1.75 SINCE DEC 1 7.04 8.82 -1.78 6.75 SINCE JAN 1 0.84 3.31 -2.47 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 1 14 -13 20 MONTH TO DATE 114 224 -110 82 SINCE DEC 1 503 583 -80 476 SINCE JUL 1 705 806 -101 571 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (180) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 25 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (190) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 84 600 AM LOWEST 61 100 PM AVERAGE 73 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 61 81 1935 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 42 19 1982 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JANUARY 17 2006.......SUNRISE 705 AM CST SUNSET 532 PM CST JANUARY 18 2006.......SUNRISE 704 AM CST SUNSET 533 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$