000 CDUS44 KLCH 101229 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 729 AM CDT TUE APR 10 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 9 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 69 335 PM 89 1893 77 -8 77 MINIMUM 52 614 AM 35 1916 56 -4 50 AVERAGE 61 67 -6 64 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.41 1955 0.16 -0.16 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.30 1.36 -1.06 0.03 SINCE MAR 1 1.90 5.87 -3.97 0.18 SINCE JAN 1 12.13 16.34 -4.21 8.18 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 T 1955 0.0 0.0 0.0 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 4 2 2 1 MONTH TO DATE 51 19 32 1 SINCE MAR 1 136 168 -32 88 SINCE JUL 1 1350 1467 -117 1193 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 3 -3 0 MONTH TO DATE 29 25 4 77 SINCE MAR 1 143 73 70 171 SINCE JAN 1 173 90 83 197 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 10 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (50) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 13 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (40) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 77 300 AM LOWEST 42 100 PM AVERAGE 60 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 77 91 1893 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 56 34 1938 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 10 2007.........SUNRISE 647 AM CDT SUNSET 732 PM CDT APRIL 11 2007.........SUNRISE 646 AM CDT SUNSET 733 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$