000 CDUS44 KLCH 231004 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 404 AM CST THU NOV 23 2006 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 22 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 68 308 PM 88 1900 70 -2 70 MINIMUM 33 620 AM 29 1952 48 -15 43 AVERAGE 51 59 -8 57 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.17 1980 0.16 -0.16 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.72 3.32 -1.60 1.05 SINCE SEP 1 13.13 12.64 0.49 8.94 SINCE JAN 1 43.85 55.34 -11.49 32.49 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 14 7 7 8 MONTH TO DATE 151 117 34 110 SINCE SEP 1 171 156 15 164 SINCE JUL 1 171 156 15 164 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 9 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (310) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 12 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (300) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 2.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 92 100 AM LOWEST 24 300 PM AVERAGE 58 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 69 85 1955 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 48 28 1925 SUNRISE AND SUNSET NOVEMBER 23 2006......SUNRISE 640 AM CST SUNSET 509 PM CST NOVEMBER 24 2006......SUNRISE 641 AM CST SUNSET 508 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$