000 CDUS44 KLCH 181042 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 541 AM CDT WED APR 18 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 17 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 76 244 PM 93 2006 78 -2 93 MINIMUM 53 609 AM 41 1928 58 -5 71 AVERAGE 65 68 -3 82 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 4.58 1918 0.16 -0.16 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 3.37 2.64 0.73 0.03 SINCE MAR 1 4.97 7.15 -2.18 0.18 SINCE JAN 1 15.20 17.62 -2.42 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 62 31 31 2 SINCE MAR 1 147 180 -33 89 SINCE JUL 1 1361 1479 -118 1194 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 4 -4 17 MONTH TO DATE 41 55 -14 140 SINCE MAR 1 155 103 52 234 SINCE JAN 1 185 120 65 260 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (200) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 22 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (200) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.8 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 90 400 AM LOWEST 35 400 PM AVERAGE 63 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 79 90 2006 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 58 36 1921 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 18 2007.........SUNRISE 638 AM CDT SUNSET 737 PM CDT APRIL 19 2007.........SUNRISE 637 AM CDT SUNSET 738 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$