000 CDUS44 KLCH 281246 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 745 AM CDT SAT APR 28 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 27 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 80 351 PM 92 1933 81 -1 79 MINIMUM 57 523 AM 44 1898 60 -3 54 AVERAGE 69 71 -2 67 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 3.52 1997 0.16 -0.16 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 5.98 4.24 1.74 3.73 SINCE MAR 1 7.58 8.75 -1.17 3.88 SINCE JAN 1 17.81 19.22 -1.41 11.88 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 41 21 2 SINCE MAR 1 147 190 -43 89 SINCE JUL 1 1361 1489 -128 1194 COOLING YESTERDAY 4 6 -2 2 MONTH TO DATE 100 107 -7 250 SINCE MAR 1 214 155 59 344 SINCE JAN 1 244 172 72 370 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 13 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (20) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 16 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (20) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 90 1200 AM LOWEST 42 200 PM AVERAGE 66 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 81 93 1987 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 61 39 1928 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 28 2007.........SUNRISE 628 AM CDT SUNSET 744 PM CDT APRIL 29 2007.........SUNRISE 627 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. $$