000 CDUS44 KLCH 281026 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 425 AM CST SUN JAN 28 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 27 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 55 1140 PM 82 1957 62 -7 69 MINIMUM 45 1258 AM 16 1940 42 3 48 AVERAGE 50 52 -2 59 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 1.46 5.80 1916 0.19 1.27 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 7.87 5.51 2.36 2.69 SINCE DEC 1 15.88 11.02 4.86 8.89 SINCE JAN 1 7.87 5.51 2.36 2.69 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 15 13 2 6 MONTH TO DATE 304 377 -73 204 SINCE DEC 1 630 736 -106 593 SINCE JUL 1 824 959 -135 795 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (30) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 15 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (30) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 100 PM LOWEST 74 300 AM AVERAGE 84 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 62 81 1957 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 42 19 1897 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JANUARY 28 2007.......SUNRISE 701 AM CST SUNSET 541 PM CST JANUARY 29 2007.......SUNRISE 700 AM CST SUNSET 542 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$