000 CDUS44 KLCH 251013 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 412 AM CST WED JAN 25 2006 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 24 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 63 435 PM 82 1972 62 1 54 MINIMUM 46 1159 PM 14 1948 42 4 29 AVERAGE 55 52 3 42 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.52 1978 0.20 -0.20 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 2.69 4.93 -2.24 1.75 SINCE DEC 1 8.89 10.44 -1.55 6.75 SINCE JAN 1 2.69 4.93 -2.24 1.75 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 T 1960 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 10 14 -4 23 MONTH TO DATE 171 336 -165 207 SINCE DEC 1 560 695 -135 601 SINCE JUL 1 762 918 -156 696 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (350) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 20 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (330) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 200 AM LOWEST 32 400 PM AVERAGE 63 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 62 81 1950 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 42 19 1963 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JANUARY 25 2006.......SUNRISE 702 AM CST SUNSET 539 PM CST JANUARY 26 2006.......SUNRISE 702 AM CST SUNSET 540 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$