000 CDUS44 KLCH 161039 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 538 AM CDT MON APR 16 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 15 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 70 308 PM 88 1925 78 -8 84 MINIMUM 47 632 AM 39 1933 57 -10 62 AVERAGE 59 68 -9 73 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.75 1967 0.16 -0.16 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 3.37 2.32 1.05 0.03 SINCE MAR 1 4.97 6.83 -1.86 0.18 SINCE JAN 1 15.20 17.30 -2.10 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 6 1 5 0 MONTH TO DATE 58 29 29 2 SINCE MAR 1 143 178 -35 89 SINCE JUL 1 1357 1477 -120 1194 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 4 -4 8 MONTH TO DATE 41 47 -6 110 SINCE MAR 1 155 95 60 204 SINCE JAN 1 185 112 73 230 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 24 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (320) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 30 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (340) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 83 900 PM LOWEST 29 100 PM AVERAGE 56 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 78 92 1894 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 57 38 1928 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 16 2007.........SUNRISE 640 AM CDT SUNSET 736 PM CDT APRIL 17 2007.........SUNRISE 639 AM CDT SUNSET 737 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$