000 CDUS44 KLCH 101246 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 645 AM CST SUN DEC 10 2006 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 9 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 53 338 PM 83 1894 66 -13 48 MINIMUM 25 719 AM 16 1917 45 -20 35 AVERAGE 39 56 -17 42 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.95 2004 0.17 -0.17 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.00 1.53 -1.53 1.62 SINCE DEC 1 0.00 1.53 -1.53 1.62 SINCE JAN 1 43.96 58.19 -14.23 36.75 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 26 11 15 23 MONTH TO DATE 192 89 103 121 SINCE DEC 1 192 89 103 121 SINCE JUL 1 386 312 74 323 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 9 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (60) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 12 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (80) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 69 800 AM LOWEST 28 300 PM AVERAGE 49 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 65 82 1939 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 45 17 1917 SUNRISE AND SUNSET DECEMBER 10 2006......SUNRISE 653 AM CST SUNSET 508 PM CST DECEMBER 11 2006......SUNRISE 654 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. $$