000 CDUS44 KLCH 281231 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 731 AM CDT FRI APR 28 2006 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 27 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 79 MM 92 1933 81 -2 83 MINIMUM 54 600 AM 44 1898 60 -6 51 AVERAGE 67 71 -4 67 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 3.52 1997 0.16 -0.16 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 3.73 4.24 -0.51 1.30 SINCE MAR 1 3.88 8.75 -4.87 2.63 SINCE JAN 1 11.88 19.22 -7.34 12.80 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 41 -39 20 SINCE MAR 1 89 190 -101 203 SINCE JUL 1 1194 1489 -295 1188 COOLING YESTERDAY 2 6 -4 2 MONTH TO DATE 250 107 143 86 SINCE MAR 1 344 155 189 124 SINCE JAN 1 370 172 198 200 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 12 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (50) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 17 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (50) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 400 AM LOWEST 40 300 PM AVERAGE 70 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 81 93 1987 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 61 39 1928 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 28 2006.........SUNRISE 628 AM CDT SUNSET 744 PM CDT APRIL 29 2006.........SUNRISE 627 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. $$