000 CDUS44 KLCH 140931 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 429 AM CDT SAT APR 14 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 13 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 82 210 PM 89 1954 78 4 86 MINIMUM 56 605 AM 32 1940 57 -1 61 AVERAGE 69 68 1 74 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.58 1980 0.16 -0.16 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 2.69 2.00 0.69 0.03 SINCE MAR 1 4.29 6.51 -2.22 0.18 SINCE JAN 1 14.52 16.98 -2.46 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 27 25 2 SINCE MAR 1 137 176 -39 89 SINCE JUL 1 1351 1475 -124 1194 COOLING YESTERDAY 4 4 0 9 MONTH TO DATE 40 39 1 95 SINCE MAR 1 154 87 67 189 SINCE JAN 1 184 104 80 215 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 22 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (160) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 32 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (150) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 80 200 AM LOWEST 53 900 AM AVERAGE 67 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 78 89 1912 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 57 39 1909 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 14 2007.........SUNRISE 642 AM CDT SUNSET 735 PM CDT APRIL 15 2007.........SUNRISE 641 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. $$