000 CDUS44 KLCH 201246 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 745 AM CDT THU APR 20 2006 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 19 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 87 352 PM 91 1987 79 8 79 MINIMUM 68 525 AM 40 1901 58 10 58 AVERAGE 78 69 9 69 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 3.90 1935 0.16 -0.16 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.03 2.96 -2.93 0.57 SINCE MAR 1 0.18 7.47 -7.29 1.90 SINCE JAN 1 8.18 17.94 -9.76 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 33 -31 16 SINCE MAR 1 89 182 -93 199 SINCE JUL 1 1194 1481 -287 1184 COOLING YESTERDAY 13 5 8 4 MONTH TO DATE 168 64 104 48 SINCE MAR 1 262 112 150 86 SINCE JAN 1 288 129 159 162 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 13 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (190) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 15 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (190) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 90 1200 AM LOWEST 48 200 PM AVERAGE 69 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 79 92 1987 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 58 41 1953 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 20 2006.........SUNRISE 636 AM CDT SUNSET 739 PM CDT APRIL 21 2006.........SUNRISE 635 AM CDT SUNSET 739 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$