000 CDUS44 KLCH 261233 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 732 AM CDT THU APR 26 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 25 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 1224 PM 92 1925 80 1 88 MINIMUM 64 929 PM 45 1968 60 4 70 AVERAGE 73 70 3 79 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 2.30 2.51 2006 0.16 2.14 2.51 MONTH TO DATE 5.98 3.92 2.06 2.92 SINCE MAR 1 7.58 8.43 -0.85 3.07 SINCE JAN 1 17.81 18.90 -1.09 11.07 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 39 23 2 SINCE MAR 1 147 188 -41 89 SINCE JUL 1 1361 1487 -126 1194 COOLING YESTERDAY 8 6 2 14 MONTH TO DATE 91 95 -4 240 SINCE MAR 1 205 143 62 334 SINCE JAN 1 235 160 75 360 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 21 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (300) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 25 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (180) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 87 800 PM LOWEST 54 100 PM AVERAGE 71 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 80 92 1925 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 60 41 1910 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 26 2007.........SUNRISE 630 AM CDT SUNSET 742 PM CDT APRIL 27 2007.........SUNRISE 629 AM CDT SUNSET 743 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$