000 CDUS44 KLCH 271236 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 736 AM CDT FRI APR 27 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 26 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 79 500 PM 92 1925 80 -1 77 MINIMUM 61 1159 PM 41 1910 60 1 68 AVERAGE 70 70 0 73 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 3.39 1920 0.16 -0.16 0.81 MONTH TO DATE 5.98 4.08 1.90 3.73 SINCE MAR 1 7.58 8.59 -1.01 3.88 SINCE JAN 1 17.81 19.06 -1.25 11.88 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.0 2002 0.0 0.0 MM 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 40 22 2 SINCE MAR 1 147 189 -42 89 SINCE JUL 1 1361 1488 -127 1194 COOLING YESTERDAY 5 6 -1 8 MONTH TO DATE 96 101 -5 248 SINCE MAR 1 210 149 61 342 SINCE JAN 1 240 166 74 368 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (270) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 21 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (270) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 90 500 AM LOWEST 38 1200 PM AVERAGE 64 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 81 92 1933 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 60 44 1898 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 27 2007.........SUNRISE 629 AM CDT SUNSET 743 PM CDT APRIL 28 2007.........SUNRISE 628 AM CDT SUNSET 744 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$