000 CDUS44 KLCH 021037 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 435 AM CST FRI FEB 2 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 1 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 50 321 PM 83 1957 63 -13 75 MINIMUM 42 730 AM 19 1951 43 -1 45 AVERAGE 46 53 -7 60 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.38 2.02 1988 0.18 0.20 0.73 MONTH TO DATE 0.38 0.18 0.20 0.73 SINCE DEC 1 16.88 11.94 4.94 10.22 SINCE JAN 1 8.87 6.43 2.44 4.02 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM T 1951 0.1 MM MM MONTH TO DATE MM 0.1 MM MM SINCE DEC 1 0.0 0.2 -0.2 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.0 0.2 -0.2 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 19 13 6 5 MONTH TO DATE 19 13 6 5 SINCE DEC 1 731 801 -70 617 SINCE JUL 1 925 1024 -99 819 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (320) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 17 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (330) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.1 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 96 800 AM LOWEST 80 200 PM AVERAGE 88 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 63 81 1927 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 43 14 1951 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 2 2007......SUNRISE 658 AM CST SUNSET 546 PM CST FEBRUARY 3 2007......SUNRISE 657 AM CST SUNSET 546 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$