000 CDUS44 KLCH 061037 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 435 AM CST WED DEC 6 2006 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 5 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 58 235 PM 84 1916 67 -9 52 MINIMUM 25 521 AM 24 1898 46 -21 38 AVERAGE 42 57 -15 45 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 5.09 1971 0.17 -0.17 0.59 MONTH TO DATE 0.00 0.85 -0.85 1.40 SINCE DEC 1 0.00 0.85 -0.85 1.40 SINCE JAN 1 43.96 57.51 -13.55 36.53 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.0 2001 0.0 0.0 MM 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 23 10 13 20 MONTH TO DATE 107 48 59 41 SINCE DEC 1 107 48 59 41 SINCE JUL 1 301 271 30 243 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 10 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (40) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 13 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (40) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 1.8 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 82 1100 PM LOWEST 16 200 PM AVERAGE 49 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 66 82 1956 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 45 25 1937 SUNRISE AND SUNSET DECEMBER 6 2006......SUNRISE 651 AM CST SUNSET 508 PM CST DECEMBER 7 2006......SUNRISE 651 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. $$