000 CDUS44 KLCH 071010 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 510 AM CDT FRI APR 7 2006 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 6 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 85 102 PM 89 1908 76 9 82 MINIMUM 65 611 AM 37 1971 55 10 64 AVERAGE 75 66 9 73 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.29 1994 0.15 -0.15 0.07 MONTH TO DATE 0.01 0.90 -0.89 0.09 SINCE MAR 1 0.16 5.41 -5.25 1.42 SINCE JAN 1 8.16 15.88 -7.72 11.59 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.0 2002 0.0 0.0 0.0 2001 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 13 -13 13 SINCE MAR 1 87 162 -75 196 SINCE JUL 1 1192 1461 -269 1181 COOLING YESTERDAY 10 3 7 8 MONTH TO DATE 59 16 43 12 SINCE MAR 1 153 64 89 50 SINCE JAN 1 179 81 98 126 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 26 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (170) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 31 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (170) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 13.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 600 AM LOWEST 47 1000 AM AVERAGE 70 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 76 93 1910 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 56 35 1971 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 7 2006.........SUNRISE 650 AM CDT SUNSET 730 PM CDT APRIL 8 2006.........SUNRISE 649 AM CDT SUNSET 731 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$