000 CDUS44 KLCH 261246 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 745 AM CDT WED APR 26 2006 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 25 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 88 1033 AM 92 1925 80 8 70 MINIMUM 70 528 PM 45 1968 60 10 57 AVERAGE 79 70 9 64 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 2.51R 2.35 2004 0.16 2.35 0.71 MONTH TO DATE 2.92 3.92 -1.00 1.28 SINCE MAR 1 3.07 8.43 -5.36 2.61 SINCE JAN 1 11.07 18.90 -7.83 12.78 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 1 MONTH TO DATE 2 39 -37 20 SINCE MAR 1 89 188 -99 203 SINCE JUL 1 1194 1487 -293 1188 COOLING YESTERDAY 14 6 8 0 MONTH TO DATE 240 95 145 78 SINCE MAR 1 334 143 191 116 SINCE JAN 1 360 160 200 192 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 30 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (250) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 36 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (240) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 87 1200 AM LOWEST 59 200 PM AVERAGE 73 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 80 92 1925 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 60 41 1910 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 26 2006.........SUNRISE 630 AM CDT SUNSET 742 PM CDT APRIL 27 2006.........SUNRISE 629 AM CDT SUNSET 743 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$