000 CDUS44 KLCH 061239 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 739 AM CDT THU JUL 6 2006 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 5 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 87 1101 AM 101 1921 90 -3 88 MINIMUM 76 1215 AM 62 1924 73 3 76 AVERAGE 82 82 0 82 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.60 4.25 1915 0.22 0.38 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 2.55 1.10 1.45 1.11 SINCE JUN 1 3.42 7.16 -3.74 4.02 SINCE JAN 1 19.78 32.17 -12.39 18.23 DEGREE DAYS COOLING YESTERDAY 17 17 0 17 MONTH TO DATE 84 85 -1 96 SINCE JUN 1 624 546 78 621 SINCE JAN 1 1395 1057 338 1189 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 23 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (220) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 26 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (210) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 94 1200 AM LOWEST 59 1000 AM AVERAGE 77 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 90 102 1921 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 73 61 1924 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JULY 6 2006..........SUNRISE 612 AM CDT SUNSET 813 PM CDT JULY 7 2006..........SUNRISE 613 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. $$