000 CDUS44 KLCH 191034 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 433 AM CST FRI JAN 19 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 18 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 48 742 PM 81 1894 61 -13 67 MINIMUM 41 844 AM 18 1948 42 -1 34 AVERAGE 45 52 -7 51 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.33 3.74 1992 0.21 0.12 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 4.40 3.73 0.67 1.96 SINCE DEC 1 12.41 9.24 3.17 8.16 SINCE JAN 1 4.40 3.73 0.67 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 20 14 6 14 MONTH TO DATE 178 252 -74 140 SINCE DEC 1 504 611 -107 529 SINCE JUL 1 698 834 -136 731 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (360) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 18 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (10) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 400 PM LOWEST 67 1200 AM AVERAGE 80 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 61 81 1952 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 42 14 1940 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JANUARY 19 2007.......SUNRISE 704 AM CST SUNSET 533 PM CST JANUARY 20 2007.......SUNRISE 704 AM CST SUNSET 534 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$