000 CDUS44 KLCH 301032 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 431 AM CST TUE JAN 30 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 29 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 52 408 PM 80 2002 62 -10 75 MINIMUM 34 705 AM 24 1961 43 -9 52 AVERAGE 43 53 -10 64 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.05 1918 0.19 -0.19 0.03 MONTH TO DATE 7.89 5.89 2.00 3.29 SINCE DEC 1 15.90 11.40 4.50 9.49 SINCE JAN 1 7.89 5.89 2.00 3.29 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 T 1979 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 22 13 9 1 MONTH TO DATE 345 403 -58 205 SINCE DEC 1 671 762 -91 594 SINCE JUL 1 865 985 -120 796 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 10 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (210) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 13 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (210) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 75 200 AM LOWEST 34 200 PM AVERAGE 55 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 62 83 1927 1975 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 43 21 1966 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JANUARY 30 2007.......SUNRISE 700 AM CST SUNSET 543 PM CST JANUARY 31 2007.......SUNRISE 659 AM CST SUNSET 544 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$