000 CDUS44 KLCH 071458 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 958 AM CDT SAT APR 7 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 6 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 69 351 PM 89 1908 76 -7 85 MINIMUM 46 508 AM 37 1971 55 -9 65 AVERAGE 58 66 -8 75 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.29 1994 0.15 -0.15 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.04 0.90 -0.86 0.01 SINCE MAR 1 1.64 5.41 -3.77 0.16 SINCE JAN 1 11.87 15.88 -4.01 8.16 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 7 2 5 0 MONTH TO DATE 12 13 -1 0 SINCE MAR 1 97 162 -65 87 SINCE JUL 1 1311 1461 -150 1192 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 3 -3 10 MONTH TO DATE 29 16 13 59 SINCE MAR 1 143 64 79 153 SINCE JAN 1 173 81 92 179 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 23 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (350) HIGHEST GUST SPEED MM HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (340) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 71 500 AM LOWEST 29 200 PM AVERAGE 50 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 76 93 1910 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 56 35 1971 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 7 2007.........SUNRISE 650 AM CDT SUNSET 730 PM CDT APRIL 8 2007.........SUNRISE 649 AM CDT SUNSET 731 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$