000 CDUS44 KLCH 051004 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 504 AM CDT WED JUL 5 2006 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 4 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 91 116 PM 100 1921 90 1 94 MINIMUM 75 415 PM 59 1924 73 2 77 AVERAGE 83 82 1 86 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 1.58 2.31 1967 0.22 1.36 T MONTH TO DATE 1.95 0.88 1.07 1.11 SINCE JUN 1 2.82 6.94 -4.12 4.02 SINCE JAN 1 19.18 31.95 -12.77 18.23 DEGREE DAYS COOLING YESTERDAY 18 17 1 21 MONTH TO DATE 67 68 -1 79 SINCE JUN 1 607 529 78 604 SINCE JAN 1 1378 1040 338 1172 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (30) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 18 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (90) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 2.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 94 700 AM LOWEST 59 1100 AM AVERAGE 77 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 90 101 1921 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 73 62 1924 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JULY 5 2006..........SUNRISE 612 AM CDT SUNSET 813 PM CDT JULY 6 2006..........SUNRISE 612 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. $$