000 CDUS44 KLCH 031040 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 439 AM CST WED JAN 3 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 2 2007... 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 56 400 PM 81 1952 62 -6 80 MINIMUM 36 715 AM 18 1928 42 -6 58 AVERAGE 46 52 -6 69 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.29 1926 0.20 -0.20 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.00 0.40 -0.40 T SINCE DEC 1 8.01 5.91 2.10 6.20 SINCE JAN 1 0.00 0.40 -0.40 T SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 T 2002 0.0 0.0 0.0 1978 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE DEC 1 0.0 T 0.0 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.0 T 0.0 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 19 14 5 0 MONTH TO DATE 35 28 7 0 SINCE DEC 1 361 387 -26 389 SINCE JUL 1 555 610 -55 591 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 10 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (20) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 12 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (20) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 89 700 AM LOWEST 43 300 PM AVERAGE 66 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 62 79 1989 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 42 19 1928 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JANUARY 3 2007.......SUNRISE 705 AM CST SUNSET 520 PM CST JANUARY 4 2007.......SUNRISE 705 AM CST SUNSET 521 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$