000 CDUS44 KLCH 081013 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 513 AM CDT SAT APR 8 2006 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 7 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 86 1242 PM 93 1910 76 10 72 MINIMUM 72 644 AM 35 1971 56 16 57 AVERAGE 79 66 13 65 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 5.83 1942 0.15 -0.15 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.01 1.05 -1.04 0.09 SINCE MAR 1 0.16 5.56 -5.40 1.42 SINCE JAN 1 8.16 16.03 -7.87 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 15 -15 13 SINCE MAR 1 87 164 -77 196 SINCE JUL 1 1192 1463 -271 1181 COOLING YESTERDAY 14 3 11 0 MONTH TO DATE 73 19 54 12 SINCE MAR 1 167 67 100 50 SINCE JAN 1 193 84 109 126 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 24 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (180) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 31 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (160) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 14.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 84 600 AM LOWEST 51 1200 PM AVERAGE 68 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 76 91 1930 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 56 33 1939 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 8 2006.........SUNRISE 649 AM CDT SUNSET 731 PM CDT APRIL 9 2006.........SUNRISE 648 AM CDT SUNSET 732 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$