000 CDUS44 KLCH 211121 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 620 AM CDT FRI APR 21 2006 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 20 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 89 202 PM 92 1987 79 10 85 MINIMUM 68 524 AM 41 1953 58 10 59 AVERAGE 79 69 10 72 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 3.51 1977 0.16 -0.16 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.03 3.12 -3.09 0.57 SINCE MAR 1 0.18 7.63 -7.45 1.90 SINCE JAN 1 8.18 18.10 -9.92 12.07 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 T 1992 0.0 0.0 0.0 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 34 -32 16 SINCE MAR 1 89 183 -94 199 SINCE JUL 1 1194 1482 -288 1184 COOLING YESTERDAY 14 5 9 7 MONTH TO DATE 182 69 113 55 SINCE MAR 1 276 117 159 93 SINCE JAN 1 302 134 168 169 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (190) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 21 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (160) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 90 1200 AM LOWEST 39 1200 PM AVERAGE 65 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 79 93 1987 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 59 41 1953 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 21 2006.........SUNRISE 635 AM CDT SUNSET 739 PM CDT APRIL 22 2006.........SUNRISE 634 AM CDT SUNSET 740 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$