000 CDUS44 KLCH 041041 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 440 AM CST MON DEC 4 2006 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 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 57 244 PM 86 1933 67 -10 79 MINIMUM 37 646 AM 24 1929 46 -9 51 AVERAGE 47 57 -10 65 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 5.05 1982 0.17 -0.17 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.00 0.51 -0.51 0.09 SINCE DEC 1 0.00 0.51 -0.51 0.09 SINCE JAN 1 43.96 57.17 -13.21 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 18 10 8 0 MONTH TO DATE 60 28 32 20 SINCE DEC 1 60 28 32 20 SINCE JUL 1 254 251 3 222 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 26 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (10) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 33 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (10) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 14.3 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 76 500 AM LOWEST 30 300 PM AVERAGE 53 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 67 89 1909 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 46 24 1929 SUNRISE AND SUNSET DECEMBER 4 2006......SUNRISE 649 AM CST SUNSET 507 PM CST DECEMBER 5 2006......SUNRISE 650 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. $$