000 CDUS44 KLCH 281226 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 626 AM CST SAT JAN 28 2006 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 27 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 69 428 PM 82 1957 62 7 61 MINIMUM 48 705 AM 16 1940 42 6 47 AVERAGE 59 52 7 54 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 5.80 1916 0.19 -0.19 T MONTH TO DATE 2.69 5.51 -2.82 1.75 SINCE DEC 1 8.89 11.02 -2.13 6.75 SINCE JAN 1 2.69 5.51 -2.82 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 6 13 -7 11 MONTH TO DATE 204 377 -173 229 SINCE DEC 1 593 736 -143 623 SINCE JUL 1 795 959 -164 718 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 13 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (100) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 16 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (100) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 77 1000 PM LOWEST 42 500 PM AVERAGE 60 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 62 81 1957 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 42 19 1897 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JANUARY 28 2006.......SUNRISE 701 AM CST SUNSET 541 PM CST JANUARY 29 2006.......SUNRISE 700 AM CST SUNSET 542 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$