000 CDUS44 KLCH 211228 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 728 AM CDT SAT APR 21 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 20 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 82 457 PM 92 1987 79 3 89 MINIMUM 59 539 AM 41 1953 58 1 68 AVERAGE 71 69 2 79 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 3.51 1977 0.16 -0.16 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 3.68 3.12 0.56 0.03 SINCE MAR 1 5.28 7.63 -2.35 0.18 SINCE JAN 1 15.51 18.10 -2.59 8.18 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 T 1992 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 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 62 34 28 2 SINCE MAR 1 147 183 -36 89 SINCE JUL 1 1361 1482 -121 1194 COOLING YESTERDAY 6 5 1 14 MONTH TO DATE 54 69 -15 182 SINCE MAR 1 168 117 51 276 SINCE JAN 1 198 134 64 302 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 13 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (30) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 15 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (10) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 2.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 90 100 AM LOWEST 26 400 PM AVERAGE 58 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 79 93 1987 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 59 41 1953 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 21 2007.........SUNRISE 635 AM CDT SUNSET 739 PM CDT APRIL 22 2007.........SUNRISE 634 AM CDT SUNSET 740 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$