000 CDUS44 KLCH 051003 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 502 AM CDT TUE JUL 5 2005 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 4 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 94 143 PM 100 1921 90 4 92 MINIMUM 77 542 AM 59 1924 73 4 75 AVERAGE 86 82 4 84 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 2.31 1967 0.22 -0.22 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.11 0.88 0.23 0.04 SINCE JUN 1 4.02 6.94 -2.92 13.20 SINCE JAN 1 18.23 31.95 -13.72 50.31 DEGREE DAYS COOLING YESTERDAY 21 17 4 19 MONTH TO DATE 79 68 11 72 SINCE JUN 1 604 529 75 548 SINCE JAN 1 1172 1040 132 1124 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (160) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 17 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (170) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 87 500 AM LOWEST 56 100 PM AVERAGE 72 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 90 101 1921 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 73 62 1924 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JULY 5 2005..........SUNRISE 612 AM CDT SUNSET 813 PM CDT JULY 6 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. $$