000 CDUS44 KLCH 301301 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 801 AM CDT SUN APR 30 2006 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 29 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 86 436 PM 92 1955 81 5 85 MINIMUM 68 546 AM 44 1916 61 7 64 AVERAGE 77 71 6 75 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 3.57 4.36 1960 0.16 3.41 0.01 MONTH TO DATE 7.30 4.56 2.74 1.31 SINCE MAR 1 7.45 9.07 -1.62 2.64 SINCE JAN 1 15.45 19.54 -4.09 12.81 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 T 1953 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 43 -41 20 SINCE MAR 1 89 192 -103 203 SINCE JUL 1 1194 1491 -297 1188 COOLING YESTERDAY 12 7 5 10 MONTH TO DATE 269 120 149 102 SINCE MAR 1 363 168 195 140 SINCE JAN 1 389 185 204 216 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 31 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (260) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 39 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (270) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 87 500 AM LOWEST 51 400 PM AVERAGE 69 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 81 92 1955 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 61 45 1965 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 30 2006.........SUNRISE 626 AM CDT SUNSET 745 PM CDT MAY 1 2006...........SUNRISE 625 AM CDT SUNSET 746 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$