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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA                            
625 AM CST MON FEB 27 2006

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...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 26 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             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         62    236 PM  82    1962  67     -5       58       
  MINIMUM         41   1146 PM  24    1914  48     -7       44       
  AVERAGE         52                        58     -6       51      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          2.98 1923   0.14  -0.14     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    4.71                      3.94   0.77     5.84    
  SINCE DEC 1     14.20                     15.70  -1.50    15.09    
  SINCE JAN 1      8.00                     10.19  -2.19    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       13                         8      5       14       
  MONTH TO DATE  283                       272     11      198       
  SINCE DEC 1    895                      1060   -165      876       
  SINCE JUL 1   1097                      1283   -186      971       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    20   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NE (30)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    25   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     N (20)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    10.9                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    83          1200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     35           200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    59                                                       
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THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   68        85      1911                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   48        25      1914                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
FEBRUARY 27 2006......SUNRISE   636 AM CST   SUNSET   606 PM CST   
FEBRUARY 28 2006......SUNRISE   635 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.                                          


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