000 CDUS44 KLCH 041246 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 745 AM CDT FRI MAY 4 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 3 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 83 328 PM 94 1943 82 1 86 1951 MINIMUM 67 322 AM 42 1929 62 5 69 AVERAGE 75 72 3 78 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 1.92 2.89 1922 0.16 1.76 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.92 0.48 1.44 T SINCE MAR 1 9.50 9.71 -0.21 7.45 SINCE JAN 1 19.73 20.18 -0.45 15.45 DEGREE DAYS COOLING YESTERDAY 10 7 3 13 MONTH TO DATE 31 21 10 36 SINCE MAR 1 275 196 79 409 SINCE JAN 1 305 213 92 435 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (310) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 23 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (170) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 90 100 AM LOWEST 63 200 PM AVERAGE 77 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 82 95 1952 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 62 44 1954 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 4 2007...........SUNRISE 622 AM CDT SUNSET 747 PM CDT MAY 5 2007...........SUNRISE 622 AM CDT SUNSET 748 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$