000 CDUS44 KLCH 251028 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 427 AM CST SUN FEB 25 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 24 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 73 1215 PM 81 1926 67 6 59 MINIMUM 57 1048 PM 26 1901 47 10 50 AVERAGE 65 57 8 55 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.29 2.72 1959 0.14 0.15 0.01 MONTH TO DATE 1.72 3.66 -1.94 3.83 SINCE DEC 1 18.22 15.42 2.80 13.32 SINCE JAN 1 10.21 9.91 0.30 7.12 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 0 8 -8 10 MONTH TO DATE 301 256 45 262 SINCE DEC 1 1013 1044 -31 874 SINCE JUL 1 1207 1267 -60 1076 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 29 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (280) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 37 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (280) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 16.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 84 800 PM LOWEST 68 1100 AM AVERAGE 76 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 67 82 1962 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 47 26 1914 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 25 2007......SUNRISE 639 AM CST SUNSET 604 PM CST FEBRUARY 26 2007......SUNRISE 638 AM CST SUNSET 605 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$