000 CDUS44 KLCH 261033 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 432 AM CST WED DEC 26 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 25 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 62 317 PM 79 1942 63 -1 50 MINIMUM 35 733 AM 12 1983 43 -8 43 AVERAGE 49 53 -4 47 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.43 1926 0.19 -0.19 T MONTH TO DATE 1.88 4.36 -2.48 3.49 SINCE DEC 1 1.88 4.36 -2.48 3.49 SINCE JAN 1 57.12 61.02 -3.90 47.45 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 T 1953 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 16 13 3 18 MONTH TO DATE 180 280 -100 272 SINCE DEC 1 180 280 -100 272 SINCE JUL 1 363 503 -140 466 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 10 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (30) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 14 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (20) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 82 900 PM LOWEST 29 300 PM AVERAGE 56 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 63 79 1942 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 43 16 1983 SUNRISE AND SUNSET DECEMBER 26 2007......SUNRISE 702 AM CST SUNSET 515 PM CST DECEMBER 27 2007......SUNRISE 703 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. $$