000 CDUS44 KLCH 121226 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 625 AM CST TUE DEC 12 2006 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 11 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 77 220 PM 84 1931 65 12 62 MINIMUM 54 600 AM 23 1898 45 9 38 AVERAGE 66 55 11 50 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.00 1899 0.17 -0.17 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.04 1.87 -1.83 1.62 SINCE DEC 1 0.04 1.87 -1.83 1.62 SINCE JAN 1 44.00 58.53 -14.53 36.75 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.0 2002 0.0 0.0 MM 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 0 11 -11 15 MONTH TO DATE 200 111 89 154 SINCE DEC 1 200 111 89 154 SINCE JUL 1 394 334 60 356 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (170) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 22 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (140) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 300 AM LOWEST 58 400 PM AVERAGE 76 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 65 83 1971 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 44 20 1962 SUNRISE AND SUNSET DECEMBER 12 2006......SUNRISE 655 AM CST SUNSET 509 PM CST DECEMBER 13 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. $$