000 CDUS44 KLCH 241227 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 627 AM CST FRI FEB 24 2006 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 23 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 69 415 PM 81 1928 67 2 70 MINIMUM 55 1151 PM 25 1911 47 8 61 AVERAGE 62 57 5 66 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.41 2004 0.14 -0.14 0.94 MONTH TO DATE 3.82 3.52 0.30 5.13 SINCE DEC 1 13.31 15.28 -1.97 14.38 SINCE JAN 1 7.11 9.77 -2.66 9.38 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 T 1968 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 9 -6 0 MONTH TO DATE 252 248 4 163 SINCE DEC 1 864 1036 -172 841 SINCE JUL 1 1066 1259 -193 936 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (40) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 23 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (50) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 1200 AM LOWEST 51 800 PM AVERAGE 72 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 67 81 1926 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 47 26 1901 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 24 2006......SUNRISE 639 AM CST SUNSET 603 PM CST FEBRUARY 25 2006......SUNRISE 638 AM CST SUNSET 604 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$