000 CDUS44 KLCH 181038 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 438 AM CST WED JAN 18 2006 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 17 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 68 106 AM 81 1935 61 7 48 MINIMUM 38 1140 PM 19 1982 42 -4 30 AVERAGE 53 52 1 39 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 1.12 2.10 1931 0.21 0.91 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.96 3.52 -1.56 1.75 SINCE DEC 1 8.16 9.03 -0.87 6.75 SINCE JAN 1 1.96 3.52 -1.56 1.75 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 12 14 -2 26 MONTH TO DATE 126 238 -112 108 SINCE DEC 1 515 597 -82 502 SINCE JUL 1 717 820 -103 597 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 32 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (330) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 40 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (300) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 90 800 AM LOWEST 32 500 PM AVERAGE 61 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 61 81 1894 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 42 18 1948 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JANUARY 18 2006.......SUNRISE 704 AM CST SUNSET 533 PM CST JANUARY 19 2006.......SUNRISE 704 AM CST SUNSET 534 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$