000 CDUS44 KLCH 021035 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 434 AM CST FRI MAR 2 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 1 2007... 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 76 504 PM 86 1918 68 8 78 MINIMUM 56 1159 PM 26 1937 48 8 52 AVERAGE 66 58 8 65 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.01 3.69 2002 0.14 -0.13 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.01 0.14 -0.13 0.00 SINCE MAR 1 0.01 0.14 -0.13 0.00 SINCE JAN 1 10.24 10.61 -0.37 8.00 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.0 MM T 0.0 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 T 0.0 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 0.0 T 0.0 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.0 0.2 -0.2 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 7 -7 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 7 -7 0 SINCE MAR 1 0 7 -7 0 SINCE JUL 1 1214 1306 -92 1105 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 24 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (230) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 29 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (240) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 13.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 90 1200 AM LOWEST 27 600 PM AVERAGE 59 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 69 85 1932 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 49 25 1980 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 2 2007.........SUNRISE 633 AM CST SUNSET 607 PM CST MARCH 3 2007.........SUNRISE 632 AM CST SUNSET 608 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$