000 CDUS44 KLCH 251226 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 726 AM CDT WED APR 25 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 24 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 81 216 PM 90 2006 80 1 90 1955 MINIMUM 68 432 AM 42 1910 59 9 65 AVERAGE 75 70 5 78 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 5.07 1905 0.16 -0.16 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 3.68 3.76 -0.08 0.41 SINCE MAR 1 5.28 8.27 -2.99 0.56 SINCE JAN 1 15.51 18.74 -3.23 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 38 24 2 SINCE MAR 1 147 187 -40 89 SINCE JUL 1 1361 1486 -125 1194 COOLING YESTERDAY 10 5 5 13 MONTH TO DATE 83 89 -6 226 SINCE MAR 1 197 137 60 320 SINCE JAN 1 227 154 73 346 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (160) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 24 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (150) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 90 200 AM LOWEST 52 400 PM AVERAGE 71 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 80 92 1925 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 60 45 1968 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 25 2007.........SUNRISE 631 AM CDT SUNSET 742 PM CDT APRIL 26 2007.........SUNRISE 630 AM CDT SUNSET 742 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$