000 CDUS44 KLCH 171034 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 533 AM CDT TUE APR 17 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 16 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 74 506 PM 92 1894 78 -4 87 MINIMUM 47 549 AM 38 1928 57 -10 68 AVERAGE 61 68 -7 78 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.51 1957 0.16 -0.16 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 3.37 2.48 0.89 0.03 SINCE MAR 1 4.97 6.99 -2.02 0.18 SINCE JAN 1 15.20 17.46 -2.26 8.18 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 MM MM 0.0 0.0 0.0 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 4 1 3 0 MONTH TO DATE 62 30 32 2 SINCE MAR 1 147 179 -32 89 SINCE JUL 1 1361 1478 -117 1194 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 4 -4 13 MONTH TO DATE 41 51 -10 123 SINCE MAR 1 155 99 56 217 SINCE JAN 1 185 116 69 243 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 10 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (190) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 14 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (190) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.0 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 86 100 AM LOWEST 27 200 PM AVERAGE 57 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 78 93 2006 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 58 41 1928 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 17 2007.........SUNRISE 639 AM CDT SUNSET 737 PM CDT APRIL 18 2007.........SUNRISE 638 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. $$