000 CDUS44 KLCH 041227 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 626 AM CST SAT FEB 4 2006 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 3 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 75 241 PM 83 1927 63 12 47 MINIMUM 48 1159 PM 13 1951 43 5 45 AVERAGE 62 53 9 46 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.06 1956 0.17 -0.17 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 2.29 0.52 1.77 1.29 SINCE DEC 1 11.78 12.28 -0.50 10.54 SINCE JAN 1 5.58 6.77 -1.19 5.54 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.0 2002 0.0 0.0 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.1 -0.1 0.0 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 3 12 -9 19 MONTH TO DATE 8 38 -30 51 SINCE DEC 1 620 826 -206 729 SINCE JUL 1 822 1049 -227 824 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 28 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (340) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 35 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (10) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 97 200 AM LOWEST 43 200 PM AVERAGE 70 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 63 85 1957 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 43 18 1996 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 4 2006......SUNRISE 657 AM CST SUNSET 548 PM CST FEBRUARY 5 2006......SUNRISE 656 AM CST SUNSET 548 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$