000 CDUS44 KLCH 061030 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 430 AM CST THU DEC 6 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 5 2007... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1893 TO 2007 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 73 249 PM 84 1916 67 6 58 MINIMUM 41 640 AM 24 1898 46 -5 25 AVERAGE 57 57 0 42 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 5.09 1971 0.17 -0.17 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.02 0.85 -0.83 0.00 SINCE DEC 1 0.02 0.85 -0.83 0.00 SINCE JAN 1 55.27 57.51 -2.24 43.96 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.0 MM 0.0 0.0 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE DEC 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.0 T 0.0 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 8 10 -2 23 MONTH TO DATE 36 48 -12 107 SINCE DEC 1 36 48 -12 107 SINCE JUL 1 219 271 -52 301 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 12 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (280) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 17 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (280) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 2.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 800 AM LOWEST 35 200 PM AVERAGE 64 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 66 82 1956 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 45 25 1937 SUNRISE AND SUNSET DECEMBER 6 2007......SUNRISE 650 AM CST SUNSET 507 PM CST DECEMBER 7 2007......SUNRISE 651 AM CST SUNSET 508 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$