000 CDUS44 KLCH 281248 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 646 AM CST MON MAR 28 2005 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 27 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 67 1205 AM 87 1910 74 -7 81 MINIMUM 50 1159 PM 29 1955 54 -4 57 AVERAGE 59 64 -5 69 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.01 1.30 1980 0.15 -0.14 0.01 MONTH TO DATE 1.24 3.91 -2.67 1.04 SINCE MAR 1 1.24 3.91 -2.67 1.04 SINCE JAN 1 11.41 14.38 -2.97 13.57 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 6 3 3 0 MONTH TO DATE 172 137 35 52 SINCE MAR 1 172 137 35 52 SINCE JUL 1 1157 1436 -279 1361 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 2 -2 4 MONTH TO DATE 25 40 -15 74 SINCE MAR 1 25 40 -15 74 SINCE JAN 1 101 57 44 91 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 22 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (300) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 28 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (300) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 800 AM LOWEST 66 500 PM AVERAGE 80 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 74 89 1909 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 54 35 1931 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 28 2005.........SUNRISE 602 AM CST SUNSET 625 PM CST MARCH 29 2005.........SUNRISE 601 AM CST SUNSET 625 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$