000 CDUS44 KLCH 291029 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 528 AM CDT THU MAR 29 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 28 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 83 140 PM 89 1909 74 9 76 MINIMUM 69 1159 PM 35 1931 54 15 56 AVERAGE 76 64 12 66 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.01 2.42 1922 0.15 -0.14 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.18 4.06 -2.88 0.14 SINCE MAR 1 1.18 4.06 -2.88 0.14 SINCE JAN 1 11.41 14.53 -3.12 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 3 -3 0 MONTH TO DATE 85 140 -55 87 SINCE MAR 1 85 140 -55 87 SINCE JUL 1 1299 1439 -140 1192 COOLING YESTERDAY 11 2 9 1 MONTH TO DATE 90 42 48 76 SINCE MAR 1 90 42 48 76 SINCE JAN 1 120 59 61 102 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (200) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 20 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (180) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 90 500 AM LOWEST 55 1200 PM AVERAGE 73 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 75 86 1907 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 54 29 1955 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 29 2007.........SUNRISE 701 AM CDT SUNSET 725 PM CDT MARCH 30 2007.........SUNRISE 700 AM CDT SUNSET 725 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$