000 CDUS44 KLCH 131032 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 430 AM CST THU DEC 13 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 12 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 82 244 PM 83 1971 65 17 78 MINIMUM 69 1018 PM 20 1962 44 25 58 AVERAGE 76 55 21 68 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.30 1935 0.17 -0.17 0.44 MONTH TO DATE 0.02 2.04 -2.02 0.48 SINCE DEC 1 0.02 2.04 -2.02 0.48 SINCE JAN 1 55.26 58.70 -3.44 44.44 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 45 122 -77 200 SINCE DEC 1 45 122 -77 200 SINCE JUL 1 228 345 -117 394 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (210) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 26 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (220) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 90 300 AM LOWEST 54 400 PM AVERAGE 72 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 65 83 1933 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 44 15 1962 SUNRISE AND SUNSET DECEMBER 13 2007......SUNRISE 655 AM CST SUNSET 509 PM CST DECEMBER 14 2007......SUNRISE 656 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. $$