000 CDUS44 KLCH 221049 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 448 AM CST MON JAN 22 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 21 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 68 506 AM 81 1927 62 6 64 MINIMUM 55 1126 PM 13 1985 42 13 55 AVERAGE 62 52 10 60 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 1.56 2.87 1930 0.20 1.36 0.04 MONTH TO DATE 6.07 4.33 1.74 2.00 SINCE DEC 1 14.08 9.84 4.24 8.20 SINCE JAN 1 6.07 4.33 1.74 2.00 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 MM MM 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 3 14 -11 5 MONTH TO DATE 211 294 -83 152 SINCE DEC 1 537 653 -116 541 SINCE JUL 1 731 876 -145 743 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 23 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (160) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 28 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (150) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.9 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 75 1200 AM AVERAGE 83 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 62 80 1920 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 42 18 1935 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JANUARY 22 2007.......SUNRISE 703 AM CST SUNSET 536 PM CST JANUARY 23 2007.......SUNRISE 703 AM CST SUNSET 537 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$