000 CDUS44 KLCH 081224 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 724 AM CDT SUN APR 8 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 7 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 52 1244 AM 93 1910 76 -24 86 MINIMUM 39 1159 PM 35 1971 56 -17 72 AVERAGE 46 66 -20 79 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.18 5.83 1942 0.15 0.03 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.22 1.05 -0.83 0.01 SINCE MAR 1 1.82 5.56 -3.74 0.16 SINCE JAN 1 12.05 16.03 -3.98 8.16 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY T R 0.0 2002 0.0 0.0 0.0 2001 MONTH TO DATE T 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 T T 0.0 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 T 0.2 -0.2 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 19 2 17 0 MONTH TO DATE 31 15 16 0 SINCE MAR 1 116 164 -48 87 SINCE JUL 1 1330 1463 -133 1192 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 3 -3 14 MONTH TO DATE 29 19 10 73 SINCE MAR 1 143 67 76 167 SINCE JAN 1 173 84 89 193 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 21 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (10) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 25 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (10) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. RAIN LIGHT RAIN SLEET RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 67 800 PM LOWEST 31 1100 AM AVERAGE 49 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 76 91 1930 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 56 33 1939 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 8 2007.........SUNRISE 649 AM CDT SUNSET 731 PM CDT APRIL 9 2007.........SUNRISE 648 AM CDT SUNSET 732 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$