000 CDUS44 KLCH 201045 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 544 AM CDT FRI APR 20 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 19 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 82 327 PM 91 1987 79 3 87 MINIMUM 57 540 AM 40 1901 58 -1 68 AVERAGE 70 69 1 78 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 3.90 1935 0.16 -0.16 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 3.68 2.96 0.72 0.03 SINCE MAR 1 5.28 7.47 -2.19 0.18 SINCE JAN 1 15.51 17.94 -2.43 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 33 29 2 SINCE MAR 1 147 182 -35 89 SINCE JUL 1 1361 1481 -120 1194 COOLING YESTERDAY 5 5 0 13 MONTH TO DATE 48 64 -16 168 SINCE MAR 1 162 112 50 262 SINCE JAN 1 192 129 63 288 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 12 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (30) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 13 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (10) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 87 100 AM LOWEST 35 500 PM AVERAGE 61 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 79 92 1987 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 58 41 1953 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 20 2007.........SUNRISE 636 AM CDT SUNSET 738 PM CDT APRIL 21 2007.........SUNRISE 635 AM CDT SUNSET 739 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$