000 CDUS44 KLCH 251245 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 745 AM CDT TUE APR 25 2006 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 24 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 90R 126 PM 90 1955 80 10 72 MINIMUM 65 457 AM 42 1910 59 6 51 AVERAGE 78 70 8 62 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 5.07 1905 0.16 -0.16 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.41 3.76 -3.35 0.57 SINCE MAR 1 0.56 8.27 -7.71 1.90 SINCE JAN 1 8.56 18.74 -10.18 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 3 MONTH TO DATE 2 38 -36 19 SINCE MAR 1 89 187 -98 202 SINCE JUL 1 1194 1486 -292 1187 COOLING YESTERDAY 13 5 8 0 MONTH TO DATE 226 89 137 78 SINCE MAR 1 320 137 183 116 SINCE JAN 1 346 154 192 192 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (170) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 21 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (170) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 87 500 AM LOWEST 39 100 PM AVERAGE 63 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 80 92 1925 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 60 45 1968 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 25 2006.........SUNRISE 631 AM CDT SUNSET 742 PM CDT APRIL 26 2006.........SUNRISE 630 AM CDT SUNSET 742 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$