000 CDUS44 KLCH 031246 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 745 AM CDT TUE APR 3 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 2 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 83 148 PM 87 1925 75 8 83 MINIMUM 63 556 AM 35 1907 55 8 68 AVERAGE 73 65 8 76 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 3.54 1980 0.15 -0.15 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.01 0.30 -0.29 0.00 SINCE MAR 1 1.61 4.81 -3.20 0.15 SINCE JAN 1 11.84 15.28 -3.44 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 2 -2 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 5 -5 0 SINCE MAR 1 85 154 -69 87 SINCE JUL 1 1299 1453 -154 1192 COOLING YESTERDAY 8 2 6 11 MONTH TO DATE 16 4 12 22 SINCE MAR 1 130 52 78 116 SINCE JAN 1 160 69 91 142 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (170) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 20 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (180) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 200 AM LOWEST 54 500 PM AVERAGE 74 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 76 89 1910 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 55 33 1915 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 3 2007.........SUNRISE 655 AM CDT SUNSET 728 PM CDT APRIL 4 2007.........SUNRISE 654 AM CDT SUNSET 729 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$