000 CDUS44 KLCH 141031 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 430 AM CST SUN JAN 14 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 13 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 77 1217 PM 80 1972 61 16 70 MINIMUM 66 745 AM 11 1918 42 24 49 AVERAGE 72 52 20 60 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.17 1977 0.21 -0.21 0.81 MONTH TO DATE 3.36 2.68 0.68 0.84 SINCE DEC 1 11.37 8.19 3.18 7.04 SINCE JAN 1 3.36 2.68 0.68 0.84 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 T 1964 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 5 MONTH TO DATE 98 182 -84 86 SINCE DEC 1 424 541 -117 475 SINCE JUL 1 618 764 -146 677 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (170) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 22 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (160) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 87 1200 AM LOWEST 64 100 PM AVERAGE 76 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 61 80 1937 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 42 19 1964 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JANUARY 14 2007.......SUNRISE 705 AM CST SUNSET 529 PM CST JANUARY 15 2007.......SUNRISE 705 AM CST SUNSET 530 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$