000 CDUS44 KLCH 071019 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 419 AM CST TUE NOV 7 2006 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 6 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 77 1140 AM 86 2005 74 3 86 1956 MINIMUM 60 928 PM 32 1954 52 8 65 AVERAGE 69 63 6 76 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.59 1.63 1943 0.14 0.45 0.01 MONTH TO DATE 0.62 0.83 -0.21 0.02 SINCE SEP 1 12.03 10.15 1.88 7.91 SINCE JAN 1 42.75 52.85 -10.10 31.46 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.0 2002 0.0 0.0 0.0 2001 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE SEP 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 4 -4 0 MONTH TO DATE 28 23 5 19 SINCE SEP 1 48 62 -14 73 SINCE JUL 1 48 62 -14 73 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 29 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (340) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 39 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (320) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 90 800 PM LOWEST 69 1100 AM AVERAGE 80 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 74 88 1924 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 52 28 1959 SUNRISE AND SUNSET NOVEMBER 7 2006......SUNRISE 627 AM CST SUNSET 516 PM CST NOVEMBER 8 2006......SUNRISE 628 AM CST SUNSET 516 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$