000 CDUS44 KLCH 131227 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 727 AM CDT THU APR 13 2006 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 12 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 82 200 PM 89 1954 77 5 81 MINIMUM 59 800 AM 37 1918 56 3 53 AVERAGE 71 67 4 67 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.77 1969 0.16 -0.16 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.03 1.84 -1.81 0.57 SINCE MAR 1 0.18 6.35 -6.17 1.90 SINCE JAN 1 8.18 16.82 -8.64 12.07 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 2 25 -23 13 SINCE MAR 1 89 174 -85 196 SINCE JUL 1 1194 1473 -279 1181 COOLING YESTERDAY 6 4 2 2 MONTH TO DATE 86 35 51 33 SINCE MAR 1 180 83 97 71 SINCE JAN 1 206 100 106 147 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 5 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (170) HIGHEST GUST SPEED MM HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION MM AVERAGE WIND SPEED 2.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 800 AM LOWEST 40 200 PM AVERAGE 67 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 78 89 1954 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 57 32 1940 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 13 2006.........SUNRISE 643 AM CDT SUNSET 734 PM CDT APRIL 14 2006.........SUNRISE 642 AM CDT SUNSET 735 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$