000 CDUS44 KLCH 031038 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 537 AM CDT MON JUL 3 2006 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 2 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 90 129 PM 100 1894 90 0 95 MINIMUM 74 307 PM 60 1924 73 1 73 AVERAGE 82 82 0 84 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.23 3.51 1903 0.22 0.01 0.34 MONTH TO DATE 0.29 0.44 -0.15 0.43 SINCE JUN 1 1.16 6.50 -5.34 3.34 SINCE JAN 1 17.52 31.51 -13.99 17.55 DEGREE DAYS COOLING YESTERDAY 17 17 0 19 MONTH TO DATE 35 34 1 40 SINCE JUN 1 575 495 80 565 SINCE JAN 1 1346 1006 340 1133 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (60) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 24 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (80) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 2.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 87 100 AM LOWEST 59 1200 PM AVERAGE 73 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 90 103 1894 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 73 58 1924 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JULY 3 2006..........SUNRISE 611 AM CDT SUNSET 814 PM CDT JULY 4 2006..........SUNRISE 611 AM CDT SUNSET 813 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$