000 CDUS44 KLCH 071227 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 627 AM CST SUN JAN 7 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 6 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 75 335 PM 80 1894 62 13 55 MINIMUM 63 637 AM 18 1924 42 21 36 AVERAGE 69 52 17 46 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 2.51 1998 0.21 -0.21 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 2.65 1.21 1.44 T SINCE DEC 1 10.66 6.72 3.94 6.20 SINCE JAN 1 2.65 1.21 1.44 T SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.0 2002 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 0 14 -14 19 MONTH TO DATE 54 84 -30 33 SINCE DEC 1 380 443 -63 422 SINCE JUL 1 574 666 -92 624 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (10) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 16 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (10) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN FOG FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 100 AM LOWEST 60 300 PM AVERAGE 77 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 62 81 1894 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 42 17 1924 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JANUARY 7 2007.......SUNRISE 705 AM CST SUNSET 523 PM CST JANUARY 8 2007.......SUNRISE 705 AM CST SUNSET 524 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$