000 CDUS44 KLCH 031034 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 433 AM CST SUN DEC 3 2006 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 2 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 57 351 PM 84 1894 67 -10 58 MINIMUM 32 704 AM 25 1960 46 -14 42 AVERAGE 45 57 -12 50 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.14 1984 0.17 -0.17 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.00 0.34 -0.34 0.09 SINCE DEC 1 0.00 0.34 -0.34 0.09 SINCE JAN 1 43.96 57.00 -13.04 35.22 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 DEC 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.0 T 0.0 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 20 9 11 15 MONTH TO DATE 42 18 24 20 SINCE DEC 1 42 18 24 20 SINCE JUL 1 236 241 -5 222 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (10) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 18 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (30) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.7 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 85 700 AM LOWEST 36 200 PM AVERAGE 61 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 67 86 1933 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 46 24 1929 SUNRISE AND SUNSET DECEMBER 3 2006......SUNRISE 648 AM CST SUNSET 507 PM CST DECEMBER 4 2006......SUNRISE 649 AM CST SUNSET 507 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$