000 CDUS44 KLCH 051038 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 537 AM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 4 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 83 449 PM 95 1952 82 1 83 MINIMUM 69 243 AM 44 1954 62 7 68 AVERAGE 76 72 4 76 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.01 1.73 1944 0.16 -0.15 0.40 MONTH TO DATE 1.93 0.64 1.29 0.40 SINCE MAR 1 9.51 9.87 -0.36 7.85 SINCE JAN 1 19.74 20.34 -0.60 15.85 DEGREE DAYS COOLING YESTERDAY 11 8 3 11 MONTH TO DATE 42 29 13 47 SINCE MAR 1 286 204 82 420 SINCE JAN 1 316 221 95 446 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (200) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 21 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (200) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 90 200 AM LOWEST 69 1100 AM AVERAGE 80 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 82 94 1952 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 63 44 1954 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 5 2007...........SUNRISE 622 AM CDT SUNSET 748 PM CDT MAY 6 2007...........SUNRISE 621 AM CDT SUNSET 749 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$