000 CDUS44 KLCH 121030 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 529 AM CDT THU APR 12 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 11 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 83 439 PM 91 1927 77 6 81 MINIMUM 58 1154 PM 36 1918 56 2 54 AVERAGE 71 67 4 68 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.01 1.93 1947 0.16 -0.15 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 2.69 1.68 1.01 0.03 SINCE MAR 1 4.29 6.19 -1.90 0.18 SINCE JAN 1 14.52 16.66 -2.14 8.18 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 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 0 2 -2 0 MONTH TO DATE 52 23 29 2 SINCE MAR 1 137 172 -35 89 SINCE JUL 1 1351 1471 -120 1194 COOLING YESTERDAY 6 3 3 3 MONTH TO DATE 35 31 4 80 SINCE MAR 1 149 79 70 174 SINCE JAN 1 179 96 83 200 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 22 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (260) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 25 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (270) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN FOG FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 1200 AM LOWEST 24 500 PM AVERAGE 59 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 77 89 1954 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 56 37 1918 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 12 2007.........SUNRISE 645 AM CDT SUNSET 733 PM CDT APRIL 13 2007.........SUNRISE 644 AM CDT SUNSET 734 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$