000 CDUS44 KLCH 161038 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 437 AM CST TUE JAN 16 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 15 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 71 924 AM 82 1928 61 10 64 MINIMUM 43 1159 PM 23 1964 42 1 39 AVERAGE 57 52 5 52 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.50 2.89 1924 0.21 0.29 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 3.86 3.10 0.76 0.84 SINCE DEC 1 11.87 8.61 3.26 7.04 SINCE JAN 1 3.86 3.10 0.76 0.84 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM MM MM 0.0 MM 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 8 14 -6 13 MONTH TO DATE 106 210 -104 113 SINCE DEC 1 432 569 -137 502 SINCE JUL 1 626 792 -166 704 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 21 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (350) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 28 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (20) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 13.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 90 700 AM LOWEST 82 900 PM AVERAGE 86 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 61 79 1952 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 42 20 1905 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JANUARY 16 2007.......SUNRISE 705 AM CST SUNSET 531 PM CST JANUARY 17 2007.......SUNRISE 705 AM CST SUNSET 532 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$