000 CDUS44 KLCH 061245 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 745 AM CDT FRI APR 6 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 5 2007... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1893 TO 2007 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 68 359 PM 87 1893 76 -8 85 MINIMUM 51 1117 PM 33 1987 55 -4 59 AVERAGE 60 66 -6 72 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 3.20 1928 0.15 -0.15 0.01 MONTH TO DATE 0.04 0.75 -0.71 0.01 SINCE MAR 1 1.64 5.26 -3.62 0.16 SINCE JAN 1 11.87 15.73 -3.86 8.16 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 T 1996 0.0 0.0 0.0 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 5 2 3 0 MONTH TO DATE 5 11 -6 0 SINCE MAR 1 90 160 -70 87 SINCE JUL 1 1304 1459 -155 1192 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 3 -3 7 MONTH TO DATE 29 13 16 49 SINCE MAR 1 143 61 82 143 SINCE JAN 1 173 78 95 169 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 25 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (20) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 31 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (20) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 14.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 51 100 AM LOWEST 24 200 PM AVERAGE 38 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 76 89 1908 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 55 37 1971 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 6 2007.........SUNRISE 652 AM CDT SUNSET 730 PM CDT APRIL 7 2007.........SUNRISE 650 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. $$