000 CDUS44 KLCH 041037 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 437 AM CST SAT MAR 4 2006 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 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 76 306 PM 83 1923 69 7 59 MINIMUM 54 1159 PM 22 1980 49 5 47 AVERAGE 65 59 6 53 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.43 1956 0.14 -0.14 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.00 0.42 -0.42 0.11 SINCE MAR 1 0.00 0.42 -0.42 0.11 SINCE JAN 1 8.00 10.89 -2.89 10.28 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.0 2002 0.0 0.0 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 T 0.0 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 0.0 T 0.0 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.0 0.2 -0.2 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 7 -7 12 MONTH TO DATE 0 21 -21 38 SINCE MAR 1 0 21 -21 38 SINCE JUL 1 1105 1320 -215 1023 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 1 3 -2 0 SINCE MAR 1 1 3 -2 0 SINCE JAN 1 27 20 7 76 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (10) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 20 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (40) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 73 1200 AM LOWEST 27 1200 PM AVERAGE 50 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 69 93 1910 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 49 26 2002 1960 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 4 2006.........SUNRISE 631 AM CST SUNSET 609 PM CST MARCH 5 2006.........SUNRISE 630 AM CST SUNSET 610 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$