000 CDUS44 KLCH 051226 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 626 AM CST MON FEB 5 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 4 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 58 324 PM 85 1957 63 -5 62 MINIMUM 36 743 AM 18 1996 43 -7 43 AVERAGE 47 53 -6 53 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 3.12 1992 0.17 -0.17 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.38 0.69 -0.31 2.29 SINCE DEC 1 16.88 12.45 4.43 11.78 SINCE JAN 1 8.87 6.94 1.93 5.58 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.0 MM 0.0 0.0 MM MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.1 -0.1 0.0 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 18 12 6 12 MONTH TO DATE 83 50 33 20 SINCE DEC 1 795 838 -43 632 SINCE JUL 1 989 1061 -72 834 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 10 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (30) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 12 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (20) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 1.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 85 300 AM LOWEST 30 1200 PM AVERAGE 58 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 63 81 1911 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 43 16 1996 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 5 2007......SUNRISE 656 AM CST SUNSET 548 PM CST FEBRUARY 6 2007......SUNRISE 655 AM CST SUNSET 549 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$