000 CDUS44 KLCH 111232 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 632 AM CST MON DEC 11 2006 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 10 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 69 355 PM 82 1939 65 4 57 MINIMUM 45 340 AM 17 1917 45 0 36 AVERAGE 57 55 2 47 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.04 2.63 1936 0.17 -0.13 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.04 1.70 -1.66 1.62 SINCE DEC 1 0.04 1.70 -1.66 1.62 SINCE JAN 1 44.00 58.36 -14.36 36.75 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM 0.0 2002 0.0 MM 0.0 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 8 11 -3 18 MONTH TO DATE 200 100 100 139 SINCE DEC 1 200 100 100 139 SINCE JUL 1 394 323 71 341 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 12 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (140) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 15 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (120) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 80 1100 PM LOWEST 41 900 AM AVERAGE 61 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 65 84 1931 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 45 23 1898 SUNRISE AND SUNSET DECEMBER 11 2006......SUNRISE 654 AM CST SUNSET 508 PM CST DECEMBER 12 2006......SUNRISE 655 AM CST SUNSET 509 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$