000 CDUS44 KLCH 031056 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 554 AM CDT THU MAY 3 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 2 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 84 159 PM 91 1943 82 2 87 MINIMUM 67 537 AM 45 1908 62 5 69 AVERAGE 76 72 4 78 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.88 1923 0.16 -0.16 T MONTH TO DATE 0.00 0.32 -0.32 T SINCE MAR 1 7.58 9.55 -1.97 7.45 SINCE JAN 1 17.81 20.02 -2.21 15.45 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.0 2002 0.0 0.0 0.0 2001 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 0.0 T 0.0 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.0 0.2 -0.2 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 2 -2 0 SINCE MAR 1 147 194 -47 89 SINCE JUL 1 1361 1493 -132 1194 COOLING YESTERDAY 11 7 4 13 MONTH TO DATE 21 14 7 23 SINCE MAR 1 265 189 76 396 SINCE JAN 1 295 206 89 422 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (160) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 18 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (150) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 90 1100 PM LOWEST 40 200 PM AVERAGE 65 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 82 94 1943 1951 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 62 42 1929 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 3 2007...........SUNRISE 623 AM CDT SUNSET 747 PM CDT MAY 4 2007...........SUNRISE 622 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. $$