000 CDUS44 KLCH 291225 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 725 AM CDT SAT APR 29 2006 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 28 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 83 113 PM 93 1987 81 2 84 MINIMUM 60 448 AM 39 1928 61 -1 57 AVERAGE 72 71 1 71 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 3.46 1972 0.16 -0.16 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 3.73 4.40 -0.67 1.30 SINCE MAR 1 3.88 8.91 -5.03 2.63 SINCE JAN 1 11.88 19.38 -7.50 12.80 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 T 1991 0.0 0.0 0.0 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 42 -40 20 SINCE MAR 1 89 191 -102 203 SINCE JUL 1 1194 1490 -296 1188 COOLING YESTERDAY 7 6 1 6 MONTH TO DATE 257 113 144 92 SINCE MAR 1 351 161 190 130 SINCE JAN 1 377 178 199 206 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (180) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 22 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (140) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 90 200 AM LOWEST 43 100 PM AVERAGE 67 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 81 92 1955 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 61 44 1916 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 29 2006.........SUNRISE 627 AM CDT SUNSET 744 PM CDT APRIL 30 2006.........SUNRISE 626 AM CDT SUNSET 745 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$