000 CDUS44 KLCH 051045 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 543 AM CDT THU APR 5 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 4 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 72 1102 AM 89 1893 76 -4 84 MINIMUM 59 1159 PM 33 1915 55 4 61 AVERAGE 66 66 0 73 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.02 3.01 1952 0.15 -0.13 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.04 0.60 -0.56 0.00 SINCE MAR 1 1.64 5.11 -3.47 0.15 SINCE JAN 1 11.87 15.58 -3.71 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 9 -9 0 SINCE MAR 1 85 158 -73 87 SINCE JUL 1 1299 1457 -158 1192 COOLING YESTERDAY 1 3 -2 8 MONTH TO DATE 29 10 19 42 SINCE MAR 1 143 58 85 136 SINCE JAN 1 173 75 98 162 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (20) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 22 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (20) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM LIGHT RAIN FOG FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 90 1200 AM LOWEST 46 1100 PM AVERAGE 68 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 76 87 1893 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 55 33 1987 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 5 2007.........SUNRISE 653 AM CDT SUNSET 729 PM CDT APRIL 6 2007.........SUNRISE 652 AM CDT SUNSET 730 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$