000 CDUS44 KLCH 251228 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 627 AM CST MON DEC 25 2006 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 24 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 1050 PM 81 1955 63 -10 71 MINIMUM 48 1053 AM 11 1989 43 5 45 AVERAGE 51 53 -2 58 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 1.09 1.94 1909 0.19 0.90 1.89 MONTH TO DATE 3.49 4.17 -0.68 6.20 SINCE DEC 1 3.49 4.17 -0.68 6.20 SINCE JAN 1 47.45 60.83 -13.38 41.33 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM 0.0 2001 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 14 13 1 7 MONTH TO DATE 254 267 -13 354 SINCE DEC 1 254 267 -13 354 SINCE JUL 1 448 490 -42 556 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (250) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 25 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (70) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 90 900 PM LOWEST 63 1200 AM AVERAGE 77 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 63 79 1942 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 43 12 1983 SUNRISE AND SUNSET DECEMBER 25 2006......SUNRISE 702 AM CST SUNSET 514 PM CST DECEMBER 26 2006......SUNRISE 702 AM CST SUNSET 515 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$