000 CDUS44 KLCH 181044 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 443 AM CST SAT FEB 18 2006 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 17 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 63 549 PM 82 1898 65 -2 62 MINIMUM 52 1159 PM 18 1895 45 7 49 AVERAGE 58 55 3 56 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 3.20 1926 0.14 -0.14 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 3.51 2.68 0.83 4.19 SINCE DEC 1 13.00 14.44 -1.44 13.44 SINCE JAN 1 6.80 8.93 -2.13 8.44 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 T 1973 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 7 10 -3 9 MONTH TO DATE 174 193 -19 144 SINCE DEC 1 786 981 -195 822 SINCE JUL 1 988 1204 -216 917 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (20) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 23 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (20) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN FOG FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 400 AM LOWEST 62 800 PM AVERAGE 78 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 66 82 1956 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 46 20 1900 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 18 2006......SUNRISE 645 AM CST SUNSET 559 PM CST FEBRUARY 19 2006......SUNRISE 644 AM CST SUNSET 600 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$