000 CDUS44 KLCH 071246 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 645 AM CST FRI DEC 7 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 6 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 68 401 PM 82 1956 66 2 68 MINIMUM 44 555 AM 25 1937 45 -1 33 AVERAGE 56 56 0 51 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 3.43 1920 0.17 -0.17 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.02 1.02 -1.00 0.00 SINCE DEC 1 0.02 1.02 -1.00 0.00 SINCE JAN 1 55.26 57.68 -2.42 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 9 10 -1 14 MONTH TO DATE 45 58 -13 121 SINCE DEC 1 45 58 -13 121 SINCE JUL 1 228 281 -53 315 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (30) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 18 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (40) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 83 1200 AM LOWEST 45 200 PM AVERAGE 64 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 66 82 1956 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 45 18 1950 SUNRISE AND SUNSET DECEMBER 7 2007......SUNRISE 651 AM CST SUNSET 508 PM CST DECEMBER 8 2007......SUNRISE 652 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. $$