000 CDUS44 KLCH 071024 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 523 AM CDT THU APR 7 2005 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 6 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 82 1054 AM 89 1908 76 6 80 MINIMUM 64 1159 PM 37 1971 55 9 54 AVERAGE 73 66 7 67 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.07 2.29 1994 0.15 -0.08 0.72 MONTH TO DATE 0.09 0.90 -0.81 0.72 SINCE MAR 1 1.42 5.41 -3.99 1.80 SINCE JAN 1 11.59 15.88 -4.29 14.33 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 0 2 -2 0 MONTH TO DATE 13 13 0 8 SINCE MAR 1 196 162 34 64 SINCE JUL 1 1181 1461 -280 1373 COOLING YESTERDAY 8 3 5 2 MONTH TO DATE 12 16 -4 9 SINCE MAR 1 50 64 -14 90 SINCE JAN 1 126 81 45 107 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (300) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 23 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (290) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 13.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 90 500 AM LOWEST 42 400 PM AVERAGE 66 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 76 93 1910 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 56 35 1971 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 7 2005.........SUNRISE 650 AM CDT SUNSET 731 PM CDT APRIL 8 2005.........SUNRISE 649 AM CDT SUNSET 731 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$