000 CDUS44 KLCH 121040 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 438 AM CST WED DEC 12 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 11 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 1245 PM 84 1931 65 17 77 MINIMUM 69 742 AM 23 1898 45 24 54 AVERAGE 76 55 21 66 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.00 1899 0.17 -0.17 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.02 1.87 -1.85 0.04 SINCE DEC 1 0.02 1.87 -1.85 0.04 SINCE JAN 1 55.26 58.53 -3.27 44.00 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 0 MONTH TO DATE 45 111 -66 200 SINCE DEC 1 45 111 -66 200 SINCE JUL 1 228 334 -106 394 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (190) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 25 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (170) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 90 100 AM LOWEST 58 200 PM AVERAGE 74 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 65 83 1971 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 44 20 1962 SUNRISE AND SUNSET DECEMBER 12 2007......SUNRISE 655 AM CST SUNSET 509 PM CST DECEMBER 13 2007......SUNRISE 655 AM CST SUNSET 509 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$