000 CDUS44 KLCH 231239 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 737 AM CDT SUN JUL 23 2006 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 22 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 94 242 PM 100 1924 91 3 93 MINIMUM 74 608 PM 64 1915 74 0 75 AVERAGE 84 83 1 84 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.67 2.82 1967 0.21 0.46 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 7.60 4.86 2.74 3.16 SINCE JUN 1 8.47 10.92 -2.45 6.07 SINCE JAN 1 24.83 35.93 -11.10 20.28 DEGREE DAYS COOLING YESTERDAY 19 17 2 19 MONTH TO DATE 408 374 34 416 SINCE JUN 1 948 835 113 941 SINCE JAN 1 1719 1346 373 1509 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 23 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (360) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 26 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (360) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 94 1000 PM LOWEST 52 100 PM AVERAGE 73 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 91 100 1923 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 74 62 1947 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JULY 23 2006..........SUNRISE 621 AM CDT SUNSET 807 PM CDT JULY 24 2006..........SUNRISE 622 AM CDT SUNSET 807 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$