000 CDUS44 KLCH 151029 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 428 AM CST SAT DEC 15 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 14 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 63 1159 PM 82 1971 65 -2 61 MINIMUM 56 729 AM 22 1917 44 12 54 AVERAGE 60 55 5 58 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.33 2005 0.17 -0.17 0.01 MONTH TO DATE 0.29 2.38 -2.09 0.49 SINCE DEC 1 0.29 2.38 -2.09 0.49 SINCE JAN 1 55.53 59.04 -3.51 44.45 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 T 1997 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 5 11 -6 7 MONTH TO DATE 51 144 -93 211 SINCE DEC 1 51 144 -93 211 SINCE JUL 1 234 367 -133 405 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 10 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (30) HIGHEST GUST SPEED MM HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION MM AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 400 AM LOWEST 80 1200 AM AVERAGE 87 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 65 82 1924 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 44 21 1901 SUNRISE AND SUNSET DECEMBER 15 2007......SUNRISE 657 AM CST SUNSET 510 PM CST DECEMBER 16 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. $$