000 CDUS44 KLCH 181044 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 544 AM CDT TUE APR 18 2006 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 17 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 93R 111 PM 91 1925 78 15 80 MINIMUM 71 1159 PM 41 1928 58 13 55 AVERAGE 82 68 14 68 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 4.58 1918 0.16 -0.16 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.03 2.64 -2.61 0.57 SINCE MAR 1 0.18 7.15 -6.97 1.90 SINCE JAN 1 8.18 17.62 -9.44 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 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 2 31 -29 16 SINCE MAR 1 89 180 -91 199 SINCE JUL 1 1194 1479 -285 1184 COOLING YESTERDAY 17 4 13 3 MONTH TO DATE 140 55 85 42 SINCE MAR 1 234 103 131 80 SINCE JAN 1 260 120 140 156 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (240) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 24 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (250) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 90 100 AM LOWEST 32 300 PM AVERAGE 61 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 79 89 1987 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 58 36 1921 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 18 2006.........SUNRISE 638 AM CDT SUNSET 737 PM CDT APRIL 19 2006.........SUNRISE 637 AM CDT SUNSET 738 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$