000 CDUS44 KLCH 021038 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 438 AM CST THU FEB 2 2006 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 1 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 75 150 PM 83 1957 63 12 51 MINIMUM 45 443 AM 19 1951 43 2 46 AVERAGE 60 53 7 49 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.73 2.02 1988 0.18 0.55 1.29 MONTH TO DATE 0.73 0.18 0.55 1.29 SINCE DEC 1 10.22 11.94 -1.72 10.54 SINCE JAN 1 4.02 6.43 -2.41 5.54 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM T 1951 0.1 MM MM MONTH TO DATE MM 0.1 MM MM SINCE DEC 1 0.0 0.2 -0.2 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.0 0.2 -0.2 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 5 13 -8 16 MONTH TO DATE 5 13 -8 16 SINCE DEC 1 617 801 -184 694 SINCE JUL 1 819 1024 -205 789 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 24 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (130) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 32 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (130) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 87 900 PM LOWEST 61 1200 PM AVERAGE 74 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 63 81 1927 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 43 14 1951 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 2 2006......SUNRISE 658 AM CST SUNSET 546 PM CST FEBRUARY 3 2006......SUNRISE 657 AM CST SUNSET 547 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$