000 CDUS44 KLCH 151034 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 433 AM CST MON JAN 15 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 14 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 77 242 PM 80 1937 61 16 62 MINIMUM 67 532 AM 19 1964 42 25 40 AVERAGE 72 52 20 51 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.75 1946 0.21 -0.21 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 3.36 2.89 0.47 0.84 SINCE DEC 1 11.37 8.40 2.97 7.04 SINCE JAN 1 3.36 2.89 0.47 0.84 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 T 1982 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 14 MONTH TO DATE 98 196 -98 100 SINCE DEC 1 424 555 -131 489 SINCE JUL 1 618 778 -160 691 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (170) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 24 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (160) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 87 1200 AM LOWEST 69 100 PM AVERAGE 78 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 61 82 1928 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 42 23 1964 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JANUARY 15 2007.......SUNRISE 705 AM CST SUNSET 530 PM CST JANUARY 16 2007.......SUNRISE 705 AM CST SUNSET 531 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$