000 CDUS44 KLCH 191040 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 539 AM CDT THU APR 19 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 18 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 75 139 PM 90 2006 79 -4 90 MINIMUM 59 552 AM 36 1921 58 1 70 AVERAGE 67 69 -2 80 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.31 2.19 1898 0.16 0.15 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 3.68 2.80 0.88 0.03 SINCE MAR 1 5.28 7.31 -2.03 0.18 SINCE JAN 1 15.51 17.78 -2.27 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 32 30 2 SINCE MAR 1 147 181 -34 89 SINCE JUL 1 1361 1480 -119 1194 COOLING YESTERDAY 2 4 -2 15 MONTH TO DATE 43 59 -16 155 SINCE MAR 1 157 107 50 249 SINCE JAN 1 187 124 63 275 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 22 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (310) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 25 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (320) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HEAVY RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 90 700 AM LOWEST 49 100 PM AVERAGE 70 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 79 91 1987 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 58 40 1901 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 19 2007.........SUNRISE 637 AM CDT SUNSET 738 PM CDT APRIL 20 2007.........SUNRISE 636 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. $$