000 CDUS44 KLCH 041020 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 519 AM CDT MON JUL 4 2005 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 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 92 440 PM 103 1894 90 2 91 MINIMUM 73 824 AM 58 1924 73 0 75 AVERAGE 83 82 1 83 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.68 3.09 1945 0.22 0.46 0.01 MONTH TO DATE 1.11 0.66 0.45 0.04 SINCE JUN 1 4.02 6.72 -2.70 13.20 SINCE JAN 1 18.23 31.73 -13.50 50.31 DEGREE DAYS COOLING YESTERDAY 18 17 1 18 MONTH TO DATE 58 51 7 53 SINCE JUN 1 583 512 71 529 SINCE JAN 1 1151 1023 128 1105 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (300) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 22 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (290) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 500 AM LOWEST 51 1100 AM AVERAGE 72 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 90 100 1921 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 73 59 1924 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JULY 4 2005..........SUNRISE 611 AM CDT SUNSET 813 PM CDT JULY 5 2005..........SUNRISE 612 AM CDT SUNSET 813 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$