000 CDUS44 KLCH 251228 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 728 AM CDT SUN MAR 25 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 24 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 83 314 PM 87 1907 74 9 61 MINIMUM 65 710 AM 30 1915 53 12 42 AVERAGE 74 64 10 52 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 4.04 1976 0.15 -0.15 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.17 3.46 -2.29 0.14 SINCE MAR 1 1.17 3.46 -2.29 0.14 SINCE JAN 1 11.40 13.93 -2.53 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 13 MONTH TO DATE 85 128 -43 61 SINCE MAR 1 85 128 -43 61 SINCE JUL 1 1299 1427 -128 1166 COOLING YESTERDAY 9 2 7 0 MONTH TO DATE 56 34 22 75 SINCE MAR 1 56 34 22 75 SINCE JAN 1 86 51 35 101 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (180) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 21 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (180) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN FOG FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 300 AM LOWEST 51 1200 PM AVERAGE 72 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 74 89 1899 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 53 35 1912 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 25 2007.........SUNRISE 706 AM CDT SUNSET 722 PM CDT MARCH 26 2007.........SUNRISE 705 AM CDT SUNSET 723 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$