000 CDUS44 KLCH 131028 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 527 AM CDT FRI APR 13 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 12 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 81 323 PM 89 1954 77 4 82 MINIMUM 51 618 AM 37 1918 56 -5 59 AVERAGE 66 67 -1 71 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.77 1969 0.16 -0.16 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 2.69 1.84 0.85 0.03 SINCE MAR 1 4.29 6.35 -2.06 0.18 SINCE JAN 1 14.52 16.82 -2.30 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 25 27 2 SINCE MAR 1 137 174 -37 89 SINCE JUL 1 1351 1473 -122 1194 COOLING YESTERDAY 1 4 -3 6 MONTH TO DATE 36 35 1 86 SINCE MAR 1 150 83 67 180 SINCE JAN 1 180 100 80 206 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (30) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 16 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (60) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 90 300 AM LOWEST 23 400 PM AVERAGE 57 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 78 89 1954 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 57 32 1940 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 13 2007.........SUNRISE 644 AM CDT SUNSET 734 PM CDT APRIL 14 2007.........SUNRISE 642 AM CDT SUNSET 735 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$