000 CDUS44 KLCH 151032 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 531 AM CDT THU MAR 15 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 14 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 74 1226 PM 86 1918 71 3 71 MINIMUM 61 1143 PM 26 1993 51 10 48 AVERAGE 68 61 7 60 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 1.07 2.59 1953 0.14 0.93 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.16 1.96 -0.80 0.10 SINCE MAR 1 1.16 1.96 -0.80 0.10 SINCE JAN 1 11.39 12.43 -1.04 8.10 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 0 5 -5 5 MONTH TO DATE 69 85 -16 12 SINCE MAR 1 69 85 -16 12 SINCE JUL 1 1283 1384 -101 1117 COOLING YESTERDAY 3 1 2 0 MONTH TO DATE 18 14 4 58 SINCE MAR 1 18 14 4 58 SINCE JAN 1 48 31 17 84 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 22 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (170) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 26 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (160) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 200 AM LOWEST 68 1200 PM AVERAGE 81 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 72 86 1921 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 52 30 1924 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 15 2007.........SUNRISE 718 AM CDT SUNSET 716 PM CDT MARCH 16 2007.........SUNRISE 717 AM CDT SUNSET 717 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$