000 CDUS44 KLCH 221225 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 725 AM CDT SUN APR 22 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 21 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 81 353 PM 93 1987 79 2 84 MINIMUM 55 604 AM 41 1953 59 -4 68 AVERAGE 68 69 -1 76 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 7.84 1979 0.16 -0.16 0.38 MONTH TO DATE 3.68 3.28 0.40 0.41 SINCE MAR 1 5.28 7.79 -2.51 0.56 SINCE JAN 1 15.51 18.26 -2.75 8.56 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 35 27 2 SINCE MAR 1 147 184 -37 89 SINCE JUL 1 1361 1483 -122 1194 COOLING YESTERDAY 3 5 -2 11 MONTH TO DATE 57 74 -17 193 SINCE MAR 1 171 122 49 287 SINCE JAN 1 201 139 62 313 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 13 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (190) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 16 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (90) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 90 1200 AM LOWEST 39 1200 PM AVERAGE 65 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 79 92 1925 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 59 40 1931 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 22 2007.........SUNRISE 634 AM CDT SUNSET 740 PM CDT APRIL 23 2007.........SUNRISE 633 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. $$