000 CDUS44 KLCH 081227 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 627 AM CST MON JAN 8 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 7 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 72 823 AM 81 1894 62 10 66 MINIMUM 52 1159 PM 17 1924 42 10 33 AVERAGE 62 52 10 50 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.58 3.62 1993 0.21 0.37 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 3.23 1.42 1.81 T SINCE DEC 1 11.24 6.93 4.31 6.20 SINCE JAN 1 3.23 1.42 1.81 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 3 14 -11 15 MONTH TO DATE 57 98 -41 48 SINCE DEC 1 383 457 -74 437 SINCE JUL 1 577 680 -103 639 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (340) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 21 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (310) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 100 AM LOWEST 71 1000 PM AVERAGE 82 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 62 81 1907 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 42 21 1942 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JANUARY 8 2007.......SUNRISE 705 AM CST SUNSET 524 PM CST JANUARY 9 2007.......SUNRISE 705 AM CST SUNSET 525 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$