000 CDUS44 KLCH 071226 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 625 AM CST THU DEC 7 2006 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 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 68 257 PM 82 1956 66 2 56 MINIMUM 33 423 AM 25 1937 45 -12 30 AVERAGE 51 56 -5 43 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 3.43 1920 0.17 -0.17 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.00 1.02 -1.02 1.40 SINCE DEC 1 0.00 1.02 -1.02 1.40 SINCE JAN 1 43.96 57.68 -13.72 36.53 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 14 10 4 22 MONTH TO DATE 121 58 63 63 SINCE DEC 1 121 58 63 63 SINCE JUL 1 315 281 34 265 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 8 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (320) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 12 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (330) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 0.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 89 400 AM LOWEST 45 200 PM AVERAGE 67 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 66 82 1956 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 45 18 1950 SUNRISE AND SUNSET DECEMBER 7 2006......SUNRISE 651 AM CST SUNSET 508 PM CST DECEMBER 8 2006......SUNRISE 652 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. $$