000 CDUS44 KLCH 221227 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 726 AM CDT THU MAR 22 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 21 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 79 412 PM 87 1907 73 6 72 MINIMUM 62 1253 AM 31 1965 53 9 53 AVERAGE 71 63 8 63 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 3.62 1949 0.15 -0.15 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.17 3.01 -1.84 0.14 SINCE MAR 1 1.17 3.01 -1.84 0.14 SINCE JAN 1 11.40 13.48 -2.08 8.14 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 MM MM 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 2 MONTH TO DATE 85 116 -31 23 SINCE MAR 1 85 116 -31 23 SINCE JUL 1 1299 1415 -116 1128 COOLING YESTERDAY 6 2 4 0 MONTH TO DATE 34 28 6 75 SINCE MAR 1 34 28 6 75 SINCE JAN 1 64 45 19 101 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (140) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 21 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (150) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 300 AM LOWEST 47 200 PM AVERAGE 70 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 73 87 1910 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 53 26 1915 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 22 2007.........SUNRISE 710 AM CDT SUNSET 721 PM CDT MARCH 23 2007.........SUNRISE 709 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. $$