000 CDUS44 KLCH 031030 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 429 AM CST SAT MAR 3 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 2 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 71 301 PM 85 1932 69 2 79 MINIMUM 50 549 AM 25 1980 49 1 52 AVERAGE 61 59 2 66 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 4.15 1979 0.14 -0.14 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.01 0.28 -0.27 0.00 SINCE MAR 1 0.01 0.28 -0.27 0.00 SINCE JAN 1 10.24 10.75 -0.51 8.00 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.0 2002 0.0 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 4 7 -3 0 MONTH TO DATE 4 14 -10 0 SINCE MAR 1 4 14 -10 0 SINCE JUL 1 1218 1313 -95 1105 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 1 MONTH TO DATE 1 2 -1 1 SINCE MAR 1 1 2 -1 1 SINCE JAN 1 31 19 12 27 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 13 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (190) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 17 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (270) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 71 700 AM LOWEST 16 200 PM AVERAGE 44 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 69 83 1923 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 49 22 1980 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 3 2007.........SUNRISE 632 AM CST SUNSET 608 PM CST MARCH 4 2007.........SUNRISE 631 AM CST SUNSET 609 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$