000 CDUS44 KLCH 221029 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 529 AM CDT SAT APR 22 2006 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 21 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 84 316 PM 93 1987 79 5 85 MINIMUM 68 1112 AM 41 1953 59 9 66 AVERAGE 76 69 7 76 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.38 7.84 1979 0.16 0.22 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.41 3.28 -2.87 0.57 SINCE MAR 1 0.56 7.79 -7.23 1.90 SINCE JAN 1 8.56 18.26 -9.70 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 35 -33 16 SINCE MAR 1 89 184 -95 199 SINCE JUL 1 1194 1483 -289 1184 COOLING YESTERDAY 11 5 6 11 MONTH TO DATE 193 74 119 66 SINCE MAR 1 287 122 165 104 SINCE JAN 1 313 139 174 180 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (190) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 20 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (220) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 90 400 AM LOWEST 51 300 PM AVERAGE 71 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 79 92 1925 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 59 40 1931 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 22 2006.........SUNRISE 634 AM CDT SUNSET 740 PM CDT APRIL 23 2006.........SUNRISE 633 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. $$