000 CDUS44 KLCH 291227 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 626 AM CST WED MAR 29 2006 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 28 2006... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1893 TO 2006 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 76 154 PM 89 1909 74 2 71 MINIMUM 56 326 AM 35 1931 54 2 44 AVERAGE 66 64 2 58 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.42 1922 0.15 -0.15 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.14 4.06 -3.92 1.24 SINCE MAR 1 0.14 4.06 -3.92 1.24 SINCE JAN 1 8.14 14.53 -6.39 11.41 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.0 2002 0.0 0.0 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 T 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 3 -3 7 MONTH TO DATE 87 140 -53 179 SINCE MAR 1 87 140 -53 179 SINCE JUL 1 1192 1439 -247 1164 COOLING YESTERDAY 1 2 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 76 42 34 25 SINCE MAR 1 76 42 34 25 SINCE JAN 1 102 59 43 101 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 12 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (290) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 14 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (160) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 86 400 AM LOWEST 53 300 PM AVERAGE 70 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 75 86 1907 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 54 29 1955 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 29 2006.........SUNRISE 601 AM CST SUNSET 625 PM CST MARCH 30 2006.........SUNRISE 600 AM CST SUNSET 626 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$