000 CDUS44 KLCH 101246 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 646 AM CST MON DEC 10 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 9 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 82 221 PM 83 1894 66 16 53 MINIMUM 70 1154 PM 16 1917 45 25 25 AVERAGE 76 56 20 39 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.95 2004 0.17 -0.17 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.02 1.53 -1.51 0.00 SINCE DEC 1 0.02 1.53 -1.51 0.00 SINCE JAN 1 55.26 58.19 -2.93 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 11 -11 26 MONTH TO DATE 45 89 -44 192 SINCE DEC 1 45 89 -44 192 SINCE JUL 1 228 312 -84 386 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (170) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 21 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (160) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 90 1200 AM LOWEST 58 1200 PM AVERAGE 74 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 65 82 1939 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 45 17 1917 SUNRISE AND SUNSET DECEMBER 10 2007......SUNRISE 653 AM CST SUNSET 508 PM CST DECEMBER 11 2007......SUNRISE 654 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. $$