000 CDUS44 KLCH 301246 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 745 AM CDT MON APR 30 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 29 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 88 428 PM 92 1955 81 7 86 MINIMUM 61 522 AM 44 1916 61 0 68 AVERAGE 75 71 4 77 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.01 4.36 1960 0.16 -0.15 3.57 MONTH TO DATE 5.99 4.56 1.43 7.30 SINCE MAR 1 7.59 9.07 -1.48 7.45 SINCE JAN 1 17.82 19.54 -1.72 15.45 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 T 1953 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 43 19 2 SINCE MAR 1 147 192 -45 89 SINCE JUL 1 1361 1491 -130 1194 COOLING YESTERDAY 10 7 3 12 MONTH TO DATE 120 120 0 269 SINCE MAR 1 234 168 66 363 SINCE JAN 1 264 185 79 389 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 12 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (240) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 14 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (240) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 2.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 400 AM LOWEST 29 500 PM AVERAGE 61 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 81 92 1955 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 61 45 1965 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 30 2007.........SUNRISE 626 AM CDT SUNSET 745 PM CDT MAY 1 2007...........SUNRISE 625 AM CDT SUNSET 746 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$