000 CDUS44 KLCH 081228 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 627 AM CST SAT DEC 8 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 7 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 79 1248 PM 82 1956 66 13 62 MINIMUM 52 340 AM 18 1950 45 7 36 AVERAGE 66 56 10 49 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.81 1989 0.17 -0.17 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.02 1.19 -1.17 0.00 SINCE DEC 1 0.02 1.19 -1.17 0.00 SINCE JAN 1 55.26 57.85 -2.59 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 0 10 -10 16 MONTH TO DATE 45 68 -23 137 SINCE DEC 1 45 68 -23 137 SINCE JUL 1 228 291 -63 331 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (180) HIGHEST GUST SPEED MM HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION MM AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 500 AM LOWEST 58 100 PM AVERAGE 76 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 66 84 1922 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 45 25 2006 SUNRISE AND SUNSET DECEMBER 8 2007......SUNRISE 652 AM CST SUNSET 508 PM CST DECEMBER 9 2007......SUNRISE 653 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. $$