000 CDUS44 KLCH 231232 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 732 AM CDT MON APR 23 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 22 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 83 128 PM 92 1925 79 4 85 MINIMUM 57 552 AM 40 1931 59 -2 63 AVERAGE 70 69 1 74 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 2.71 1979 0.16 -0.16 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 3.68 3.44 0.24 0.41 SINCE MAR 1 5.28 7.95 -2.67 0.56 SINCE JAN 1 15.51 18.42 -2.91 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 36 26 2 SINCE MAR 1 147 185 -38 89 SINCE JUL 1 1361 1484 -123 1194 COOLING YESTERDAY 5 5 0 9 MONTH TO DATE 62 79 -17 202 SINCE MAR 1 176 127 49 296 SINCE JAN 1 206 144 62 322 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (170) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 21 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (150) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN FOG FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 500 AM LOWEST 51 100 PM AVERAGE 72 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 80 90 2006 1925 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 59 41 1927 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 23 2007.........SUNRISE 633 AM CDT SUNSET 740 PM CDT APRIL 24 2007.........SUNRISE 632 AM CDT SUNSET 741 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$