000 CDUS44 KLCH 271234 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 734 AM CDT THU APR 27 2006 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 26 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 77 MM 92 1925 80 -3 82 MINIMUM 68 MM 41 1910 60 8 59 AVERAGE 73 70 3 71 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.81 3.39 1920 0.16 0.65 0.02 MONTH TO DATE 3.73 4.08 -0.35 1.30 SINCE MAR 1 3.88 8.59 -4.71 2.63 SINCE JAN 1 11.88 19.06 -7.18 12.80 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM 0.0 2002 0.0 MM 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 40 -38 20 SINCE MAR 1 89 189 -100 203 SINCE JUL 1 1194 1488 -294 1188 COOLING YESTERDAY 8 6 2 6 MONTH TO DATE 248 101 147 84 SINCE MAR 1 342 149 193 122 SINCE JAN 1 368 166 202 198 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 12 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (360) HIGHEST GUST SPEED MM HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION MM AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 1200 PM LOWEST 84 400 PM AVERAGE 92 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 81 92 1933 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 60 44 1898 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 27 2006.........SUNRISE 629 AM CDT SUNSET 743 PM CDT APRIL 28 2006.........SUNRISE 628 AM CDT SUNSET 744 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$