000 CDUS44 KLCH 251033 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 431 AM CST FRI MAR 25 2005 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 24 2005... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1893 TO 2005 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 77 355 PM 87 1907 74 3 77 MINIMUM 49 548 AM 30 1915 53 -4 53 AVERAGE 63 64 -1 65 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 4.04 1976 0.15 -0.15 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.23 3.46 -2.23 1.01 SINCE MAR 1 1.23 3.46 -2.23 1.01 SINCE JAN 1 11.40 13.93 -2.53 13.54 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.0 2002 0.0 0.0 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 T 0.0 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 0.0 T 0.0 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.0 0.2 -0.2 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 2 4 -2 0 MONTH TO DATE 166 128 38 52 SINCE MAR 1 166 128 38 52 SINCE JUL 1 1151 1427 -276 1361 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 2 -2 0 MONTH TO DATE 14 34 -20 63 SINCE MAR 1 14 34 -20 63 SINCE JAN 1 90 51 39 80 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (160) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 21 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (150) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 90 100 AM LOWEST 46 100 PM AVERAGE 68 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 74 89 1899 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 53 35 1912 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 25 2005.........SUNRISE 606 AM CST SUNSET 623 PM CST MARCH 26 2005.........SUNRISE 604 AM CST SUNSET 623 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$