000 CDUS44 KLCH 021035 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 534 AM CDT MON APR 2 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 1 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 81 201 PM 87 1914 75 6 84 MINIMUM 64 1215 AM 35 1937 55 9 68 AVERAGE 73 65 8 76 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.01 2.25 1974 0.15 -0.14 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.01 0.15 -0.14 0.00 SINCE MAR 1 1.61 4.66 -3.05 0.15 SINCE JAN 1 11.84 15.13 -3.29 8.15 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.0 2002 0.0 0.0 0.0 2001 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.0 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 0 3 -3 0 SINCE MAR 1 85 152 -67 87 SINCE JUL 1 1299 1451 -152 1192 COOLING YESTERDAY 8 2 6 11 MONTH TO DATE 8 2 6 11 SINCE MAR 1 122 50 72 105 SINCE JAN 1 152 67 85 131 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (200) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 21 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (210) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 100 AM LOWEST 58 100 PM AVERAGE 76 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 75 87 1925 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 55 35 1907 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 2 2007.........SUNRISE 656 AM CDT SUNSET 727 PM CDT APRIL 3 2007.........SUNRISE 655 AM CDT SUNSET 728 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$