000 CDUS44 KLCH 091240 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 740 AM CDT MON APR 9 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 8 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 59 236 PM 91 1930 76 -17 79 MINIMUM 39 652 AM 33 1939 56 -17 58 AVERAGE 49 66 -17 69 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.08 3.25 1921 0.15 -0.07 0.02 MONTH TO DATE 0.30 1.20 -0.90 0.03 SINCE MAR 1 1.90 5.71 -3.81 0.18 SINCE JAN 1 12.13 16.18 -4.05 8.18 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM 0.0 2002 0.0 MM 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 16 2 14 0 MONTH TO DATE 47 17 30 0 SINCE MAR 1 132 166 -34 87 SINCE JUL 1 1346 1465 -119 1192 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 3 -3 4 MONTH TO DATE 29 22 7 77 SINCE MAR 1 143 70 73 171 SINCE JAN 1 173 87 86 197 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (40) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 20 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (20) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 86 800 AM LOWEST 47 100 PM AVERAGE 67 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 77 89 1893 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 56 35 1916 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 9 2007.........SUNRISE 648 AM CDT SUNSET 732 PM CDT APRIL 10 2007.........SUNRISE 647 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. $$