000 CDUS44 KLCH 231017 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 417 AM CST MON JAN 23 2006 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 22 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 78 146 PM 80 1920 62 16 74 MINIMUM 55 1220 AM 18 1935 42 13 41 AVERAGE 67 52 15 58 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.53 3.18 1992 0.20 0.33 T MONTH TO DATE 2.53 4.53 -2.00 1.75 SINCE DEC 1 8.73 10.04 -1.31 6.75 SINCE JAN 1 2.53 4.53 -2.00 1.75 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 MM MM 0.0 0.0 MM 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 0 14 -14 7 MONTH TO DATE 152 308 -156 156 SINCE DEC 1 541 667 -126 550 SINCE JUL 1 743 890 -147 645 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (160) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 21 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (170) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 600 AM LOWEST 74 200 PM AVERAGE 84 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 62 83 1933 1972 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 42 19 1948 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JANUARY 23 2006.......SUNRISE 703 AM CST SUNSET 537 PM CST JANUARY 24 2006.......SUNRISE 703 AM CST SUNSET 538 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$