000 CDUS44 KLCH 021037 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 536 AM CDT WED MAY 2 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 1 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 84 314 PM 93 1901 82 2 86 MINIMUM 65 523 AM 42 1925 62 3 64 AVERAGE 75 72 3 75 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 4.45 1957 0.16 -0.16 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.00 0.16 -0.16 0.00 SINCE MAR 1 7.59 9.39 -1.80 7.45 SINCE JAN 1 17.82 19.86 -2.04 15.45 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.0 2002 0.0 0.0 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 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 0 1 -1 0 SINCE MAR 1 147 193 -46 89 SINCE JUL 1 1361 1492 -131 1194 COOLING YESTERDAY 10 7 3 10 MONTH TO DATE 10 7 3 10 SINCE MAR 1 254 182 72 383 SINCE JAN 1 284 199 85 409 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (180) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 21 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (200) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 87 500 AM LOWEST 44 100 PM AVERAGE 66 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 82 91 1943 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 62 45 1908 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 2 2007...........SUNRISE 624 AM CDT SUNSET 746 PM CDT MAY 3 2007...........SUNRISE 623 AM CDT SUNSET 747 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$