000 CDUS44 KLCH 041036 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 535 AM CDT WED APR 4 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 3 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 84 152 PM 89 1910 76 8 85 MINIMUM 70 1157 PM 33 1915 55 15 69 AVERAGE 77 66 11 77 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.01 1.62 1905 0.15 -0.14 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.02 0.45 -0.43 0.00 SINCE MAR 1 1.62 4.96 -3.34 0.15 SINCE JAN 1 11.85 15.43 -3.58 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 7 -7 0 SINCE MAR 1 85 156 -71 87 SINCE JUL 1 1299 1455 -156 1192 COOLING YESTERDAY 12 3 9 12 MONTH TO DATE 28 7 21 34 SINCE MAR 1 142 55 87 128 SINCE JAN 1 172 72 100 154 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (190) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 21 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (190) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 87 1200 AM LOWEST 58 100 PM AVERAGE 73 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 76 89 1893 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 55 33 1915 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 4 2007.........SUNRISE 654 AM CDT SUNSET 729 PM CDT APRIL 5 2007.........SUNRISE 653 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. $$