000 CDUS44 KLCH 291246 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 745 AM CDT SUN APR 29 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 28 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 88 354 PM 93 1987 81 7 83 MINIMUM 62 605 AM 39 1928 61 1 60 AVERAGE 75 71 4 72 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 3.46 1972 0.16 -0.16 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 5.98 4.40 1.58 3.73 SINCE MAR 1 7.58 8.91 -1.33 3.88 SINCE JAN 1 17.81 19.38 -1.57 11.88 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 T 1991 0.0 0.0 0.0 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 42 20 2 SINCE MAR 1 147 191 -44 89 SINCE JUL 1 1361 1490 -129 1194 COOLING YESTERDAY 10 6 4 7 MONTH TO DATE 110 113 -3 257 SINCE MAR 1 224 161 63 351 SINCE JAN 1 254 178 76 377 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 10 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (300) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 15 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (300) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 2.3 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 87 1100 PM LOWEST 21 500 PM AVERAGE 54 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 81 92 1955 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 61 44 1916 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 29 2007.........SUNRISE 627 AM CDT SUNSET 744 PM CDT APRIL 30 2007.........SUNRISE 626 AM CDT SUNSET 745 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$