000 CDUS44 KLCH 102101 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 350 PM CDT MON JUL 10 2006 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 9 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 89 1202 PM 100 1935 90 -1 92 MINIMUM 74 1154 PM 65 1947 73 1 74 AVERAGE 82 82 0 83 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 1.73 2.22 1960 0.23 1.50 0.01 MONTH TO DATE 5.04 2.01 3.03 1.68 SINCE JUN 1 5.91 8.07 -2.16 4.59 SINCE JAN 1 22.27 33.08 -10.81 18.80 DEGREE DAYS COOLING YESTERDAY 17 17 0 18 MONTH TO DATE 156 153 3 168 SINCE JUN 1 696 614 82 693 SINCE JAN 1 1467 1125 342 1261 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 22 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (250) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 26 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (250) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 2.8 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 FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 1000 PM LOWEST 63 1100 AM AVERAGE 78 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 91 99 1981 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 74 62 1947 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JULY 10 2006..........SUNRISE 614 AM CDT SUNSET 812 PM CDT JULY 11 2006..........SUNRISE 615 AM CDT SUNSET 812 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$