000 CDUS44 KLCH 061246 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 745 AM CDT THU APR 6 2006 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 5 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 85 251 PM 87 1893 76 9 79 MINIMUM 59 548 AM 33 1987 55 4 56 AVERAGE 72 66 6 68 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.01 3.20 1928 0.15 -0.14 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.01 0.75 -0.74 0.02 SINCE MAR 1 0.16 5.26 -5.10 1.35 SINCE JAN 1 8.16 15.73 -7.57 11.52 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 T 1996 0.0 0.0 0.0 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 2 -2 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 11 -11 13 SINCE MAR 1 87 160 -73 196 SINCE JUL 1 1192 1459 -267 1181 COOLING YESTERDAY 7 3 4 3 MONTH TO DATE 49 13 36 4 SINCE MAR 1 143 61 82 42 SINCE JAN 1 169 78 91 118 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (170) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 24 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (160) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 87 800 AM LOWEST 44 300 PM AVERAGE 66 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 76 89 1908 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 55 37 1971 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 6 2006.........SUNRISE 651 AM CDT SUNSET 730 PM CDT APRIL 7 2006.........SUNRISE 650 AM CDT SUNSET 730 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$