000 CDUS44 KLCH 011226 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 626 AM CST SAT APR 1 2006 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 31 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 82 326 PM 87 1908 75 7 81 MINIMUM 68 1159 PM 31 1987 54 14 71 AVERAGE 75 65 10 76 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.15 1935 0.15 -0.15 0.04 MONTH TO DATE 0.15 4.51 -4.36 1.33 SINCE MAR 1 0.15 4.51 -4.36 1.33 SINCE JAN 1 8.15 14.98 -6.83 11.50 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.0 2002 0.0 0.0 0.0 2001 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 0 MONTH TO DATE 87 149 -62 183 SINCE MAR 1 87 149 -62 183 SINCE JUL 1 1192 1448 -256 1168 COOLING YESTERDAY 10 2 8 11 MONTH TO DATE 94 48 46 38 SINCE MAR 1 94 48 46 38 SINCE JAN 1 120 65 55 114 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 21 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (180) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 26 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (190) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 12.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 87 1000 PM LOWEST 54 300 PM AVERAGE 71 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 75 87 1914 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 55 35 1937 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 1 2006.........SUNRISE 557 AM CST SUNSET 627 PM CST APRIL 2 2006.........SUNRISE 656 AM CDT SUNSET 727 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$