000 CDUS44 KLCH 171035 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 434 AM CST SAT FEB 17 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 16 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 46 300 PM 83 1911 65 -19 76 MINIMUM 30 728 AM 22 1895 45 -15 59 AVERAGE 38 55 -17 68 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.81 1965 0.14 -0.14 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.20 2.54 -1.34 3.51 SINCE DEC 1 17.70 14.30 3.40 13.00 SINCE JAN 1 9.69 8.79 0.90 6.80 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 MM MM 0.0 0.0 0.0 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 27 10 17 0 MONTH TO DATE 251 183 68 167 SINCE DEC 1 963 971 -8 779 SINCE JUL 1 1157 1194 -37 981 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (320) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 20 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (340) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 69 600 AM LOWEST 40 300 PM AVERAGE 55 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 65 82 1898 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 45 18 1895 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 17 2007......SUNRISE 646 AM CST SUNSET 558 PM CST FEBRUARY 18 2007......SUNRISE 646 AM CST SUNSET 559 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$