000 CDUS44 KLCH 041050 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 449 AM CST THU JAN 4 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 3 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 1159 PM 79 1989 62 -6 75 MINIMUM 40 708 AM 19 1928 42 -2 49 AVERAGE 48 52 -4 62 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 3.24 1926 0.20 -0.20 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.00 0.60 -0.60 T SINCE DEC 1 8.01 6.11 1.90 6.20 SINCE JAN 1 0.00 0.60 -0.60 T SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 T 1976 0.0 0.0 0.0 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 17 14 3 3 MONTH TO DATE 52 42 10 3 SINCE DEC 1 378 401 -23 392 SINCE JUL 1 572 624 -52 594 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 10 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (80) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 14 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (90) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 86 300 AM LOWEST 66 1200 PM AVERAGE 76 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 62 86 1932 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 42 18 1911 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JANUARY 4 2007.......SUNRISE 705 AM CST SUNSET 521 PM CST JANUARY 5 2007.......SUNRISE 705 AM CST SUNSET 522 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$