000 CDUS44 KLCH 181246 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 645 AM CST THU JAN 18 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 17 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 42 1159 PM 81 1935 61 -19 68 MINIMUM 35 514 AM 19 1982 42 -7 38 AVERAGE 39 52 -13 53 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 2.10 1931 0.21 -0.21 1.12 MONTH TO DATE 4.07 3.52 0.55 1.96 SINCE DEC 1 12.08 9.03 3.05 8.16 SINCE JAN 1 4.07 3.52 0.55 1.96 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 26 14 12 12 MONTH TO DATE 158 238 -80 126 SINCE DEC 1 484 597 -113 515 SINCE JUL 1 678 820 -142 717 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (20) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 25 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (20) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 76 900 PM LOWEST 57 400 PM AVERAGE 67 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 61 81 1894 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 42 18 1948 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JANUARY 18 2007.......SUNRISE 705 AM CST SUNSET 533 PM CST JANUARY 19 2007.......SUNRISE 704 AM CST SUNSET 533 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$