000 CDUS44 KLCH 141024 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 423 AM CST FRI DEC 14 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 13 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 71 806 AM 83 1933 65 6 70 MINIMUM 57 1159 PM 15 1962 44 13 51 AVERAGE 64 55 9 61 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.27 2.51 1920 0.17 0.10 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.29 2.21 -1.92 0.48 SINCE DEC 1 0.29 2.21 -1.92 0.48 SINCE JAN 1 55.53 58.87 -3.34 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 1 11 -10 4 MONTH TO DATE 46 133 -87 204 SINCE DEC 1 46 133 -87 204 SINCE JUL 1 229 356 -127 398 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (340) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 22 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (250) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HEAVY RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 90 1200 AM LOWEST 78 300 PM AVERAGE 84 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 65 82 1971 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 44 22 1917 SUNRISE AND SUNSET DECEMBER 14 2007......SUNRISE 656 AM CST SUNSET 509 PM CST DECEMBER 15 2007......SUNRISE 657 AM CST SUNSET 510 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$