000 CDUS44 KLCH 261228 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 628 AM CST SUN FEB 26 2006 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 25 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 59 830 AM 82 1962 67 -8 62 MINIMUM 54 1159 PM 26 1914 47 7 45 AVERAGE 57 57 0 54 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.88 1.91 1993 0.14 0.74 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 4.71 3.80 0.91 5.84 SINCE DEC 1 14.20 15.56 -1.36 15.09 SINCE JAN 1 8.00 10.05 -2.05 10.09 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 MM MM 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 8 8 0 11 MONTH TO DATE 270 264 6 184 SINCE DEC 1 882 1052 -170 862 SINCE JUL 1 1084 1275 -191 957 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (20) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 25 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (320) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 100 PM LOWEST 72 1200 AM AVERAGE 83 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 67 82 1962 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 48 24 1914 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 26 2006......SUNRISE 637 AM CST SUNSET 605 PM CST FEBRUARY 27 2006......SUNRISE 636 AM CST SUNSET 606 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$