000 CDUS44 KLCH 211126 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 625 AM CDT WED MAR 21 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 20 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 78 218 PM 88 1907 73 5 77 MINIMUM 60 637 AM 24 1923 53 7 63 AVERAGE 69 63 6 70 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.67 1985 0.15 -0.15 0.03 MONTH TO DATE 1.17 2.86 -1.69 0.14 SINCE MAR 1 1.17 2.86 -1.69 0.14 SINCE JAN 1 11.40 13.33 -1.93 8.14 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 4 -4 0 MONTH TO DATE 85 112 -27 21 SINCE MAR 1 85 112 -27 21 SINCE JUL 1 1299 1411 -112 1126 COOLING YESTERDAY 4 2 2 5 MONTH TO DATE 28 26 2 75 SINCE MAR 1 28 26 2 75 SINCE JAN 1 58 43 15 101 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (150) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 21 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (140) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 90 500 AM LOWEST 40 100 PM AVERAGE 65 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 73 87 1907 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 53 31 1965 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 21 2007.........SUNRISE 711 AM CDT SUNSET 720 PM CDT MARCH 22 2007.........SUNRISE 710 AM CDT SUNSET 721 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$