000 CDUS44 KLCH 281032 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 432 AM CST FRI DEC 28 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 27 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 56 1159 PM 82 1984 63 -7 57 MINIMUM 46 827 AM 24 1935 43 3 33 AVERAGE 51 53 -2 45 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.62 1942 0.19 -0.19 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 2.24 4.74 -2.50 3.49 SINCE DEC 1 2.24 4.74 -2.50 3.49 SINCE JAN 1 57.48 61.40 -3.92 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 14 13 1 20 MONTH TO DATE 206 306 -100 312 SINCE DEC 1 206 306 -100 312 SINCE JUL 1 389 529 -140 506 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 13 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (360) HIGHEST GUST SPEED MM HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION MM AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 80 1200 AM LOWEST 59 300 PM AVERAGE 70 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 62 81 1984 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 43 20 1925 SUNRISE AND SUNSET DECEMBER 28 2007......SUNRISE 703 AM CST SUNSET 516 PM CST DECEMBER 29 2007......SUNRISE 703 AM CST SUNSET 517 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$