000 CDUS44 KLCH 041018 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 517 AM CDT MON APR 4 2005 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 3 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 75 249 PM 89 1910 76 -1 81 MINIMUM 45 626 AM 33 1915 55 -10 53 AVERAGE 60 66 -6 67 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.62 1905 0.15 -0.15 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.02 0.45 -0.43 0.00 SINCE MAR 1 1.35 4.96 -3.61 1.08 SINCE JAN 1 11.52 15.43 -3.91 13.61 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.0 2002 0.0 0.0 0.0 2001 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.0 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 5 2 3 0 MONTH TO DATE 10 7 3 5 SINCE MAR 1 193 156 37 61 SINCE JUL 1 1178 1455 -277 1370 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 3 -3 2 MONTH TO DATE 1 7 -6 4 SINCE MAR 1 39 55 -16 85 SINCE JAN 1 115 72 43 102 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (180) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 22 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (160) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 300 AM LOWEST 29 100 PM AVERAGE 61 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 76 89 1893 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 55 33 1915 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 4 2005.........SUNRISE 653 AM CDT SUNSET 729 PM CDT APRIL 5 2005.........SUNRISE 652 AM CDT SUNSET 729 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$