000 CDUS44 KLCH 181247 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 746 AM CDT MON APR 18 2005 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 17 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 80 222 PM 91 1925 78 2 80 MINIMUM 55 549 AM 41 1928 58 -3 53 AVERAGE 68 68 0 67 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 4.58 1918 0.16 -0.16 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.57 2.64 -2.07 1.48 SINCE MAR 1 1.90 7.15 -5.25 2.56 SINCE JAN 1 12.07 17.62 -5.55 15.09 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 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 16 31 -15 41 SINCE MAR 1 199 180 19 97 SINCE JUL 1 1184 1479 -295 1406 COOLING YESTERDAY 3 4 -1 2 MONTH TO DATE 42 55 -13 39 SINCE MAR 1 80 103 -23 120 SINCE JAN 1 156 120 36 137 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (170) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 20 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (160) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 400 AM LOWEST 29 1100 AM AVERAGE 61 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 79 89 1987 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 58 36 1921 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 18 2005.........SUNRISE 637 AM CDT SUNSET 737 PM CDT APRIL 19 2005.........SUNRISE 636 AM CDT SUNSET 738 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$