000 CDUS44 KLCH 091300 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 800 AM CDT SUN APR 9 2006 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 8 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 79 421 PM 91 1930 76 3 78 MINIMUM 58 651 AM 33 1939 56 2 58 AVERAGE 69 66 3 68 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.02 3.25 1921 0.15 -0.13 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.03 1.20 -1.17 0.09 SINCE MAR 1 0.18 5.71 -5.53 1.42 SINCE JAN 1 8.18 16.18 -8.00 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 17 -17 13 SINCE MAR 1 87 166 -79 196 SINCE JUL 1 1192 1465 -273 1181 COOLING YESTERDAY 4 3 1 3 MONTH TO DATE 77 22 55 15 SINCE MAR 1 171 70 101 53 SINCE JAN 1 197 87 110 129 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 22 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (10) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 30 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (20) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 13.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 82 100 AM LOWEST 38 200 PM AVERAGE 60 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 77 89 1893 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 56 35 1916 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 9 2006.........SUNRISE 648 AM CDT SUNSET 732 PM CDT APRIL 10 2006.........SUNRISE 647 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. $$