000 CDUS44 KLCH 251227 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 626 AM CST TUE DEC 25 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 24 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 48 417 PM 81 1955 63 -15 53 MINIMUM 34 1205 AM 11 1989 43 -9 48 AVERAGE 41 53 -12 51 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.94 1909 0.19 -0.19 1.09 MONTH TO DATE 1.88 4.17 -2.29 3.49 SINCE DEC 1 1.88 4.17 -2.29 3.49 SINCE JAN 1 57.12 60.83 -3.71 47.45 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 24 13 11 14 MONTH TO DATE 164 267 -103 254 SINCE DEC 1 164 267 -103 254 SINCE JUL 1 347 490 -143 448 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 10 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (30) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 13 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (80) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 82 1200 AM LOWEST 42 200 PM AVERAGE 62 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 63 79 1942 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 43 12 1983 SUNRISE AND SUNSET DECEMBER 25 2007......SUNRISE 702 AM CST SUNSET 514 PM CST DECEMBER 26 2007......SUNRISE 702 AM CST SUNSET 515 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$