000 CDUS44 KLCH 151030 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 529 AM CDT SUN APR 15 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 14 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 1258 PM 89 1912 78 3 86 MINIMUM 51 1159 PM 39 1909 57 -6 58 AVERAGE 66 68 -2 72 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.68 3.34 1991 0.16 0.52 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 3.37 2.16 1.21 0.03 SINCE MAR 1 4.97 6.67 -1.70 0.18 SINCE JAN 1 15.20 17.14 -1.94 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 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 52 28 24 2 SINCE MAR 1 137 177 -40 89 SINCE JUL 1 1351 1476 -125 1194 COOLING YESTERDAY 1 4 -3 7 MONTH TO DATE 41 43 -2 102 SINCE MAR 1 155 91 64 196 SINCE JAN 1 185 108 77 222 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 26 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (330) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 35 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (320) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 13.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 87 400 AM LOWEST 48 1200 PM AVERAGE 68 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 78 88 1925 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 57 39 1933 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 15 2007.........SUNRISE 641 AM CDT SUNSET 735 PM CDT APRIL 16 2007.........SUNRISE 640 AM CDT SUNSET 736 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$