000 CDUS44 KLCH 121226 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 626 AM CST SUN MAR 12 2006 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 11 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 81 MM 93 1911 71 10 72 MINIMUM 72 MM 30 1924 51 21 50 AVERAGE 77 61 16 61 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.72 1903 0.14 -0.14 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.10 1.54 -1.44 0.51 SINCE MAR 1 0.10 1.54 -1.44 0.51 SINCE JAN 1 8.10 12.01 -3.91 10.68 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 5 -5 4 MONTH TO DATE 7 70 -63 92 SINCE MAR 1 7 70 -63 92 SINCE JUL 1 1112 1369 -257 1077 COOLING YESTERDAY 12 1 11 0 MONTH TO DATE 33 11 22 0 SINCE MAR 1 33 11 22 0 SINCE JAN 1 59 28 31 76 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 22 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (150) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 32 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (140) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 15.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 87 800 AM LOWEST 69 1000 AM AVERAGE 78 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 71 90 1911 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 51 32 1948 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 12 2006.........SUNRISE 621 AM CST SUNSET 614 PM CST MARCH 13 2006.........SUNRISE 620 AM CST SUNSET 615 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$