000 CDUS44 KLCH 061249 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 749 AM CDT SUN MAY 6 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 5 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 86 318 PM 94 1952 82 4 85 MINIMUM 75 1159 PM 44 1954 63 12 68 AVERAGE 81 73 8 77 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 5.15 1935 0.16 -0.16 0.01 MONTH TO DATE 1.93 0.80 1.13 0.41 SINCE MAR 1 9.51 10.03 -0.52 7.86 SINCE JAN 1 19.74 20.50 -0.76 15.86 DEGREE DAYS COOLING YESTERDAY 16 8 8 12 MONTH TO DATE 58 37 21 59 SINCE MAR 1 302 212 90 432 SINCE JAN 1 332 229 103 458 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (160) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 23 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (180) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 87 1200 AM LOWEST 57 100 PM AVERAGE 72 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 83 92 1895 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 63 48 1957 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 6 2007...........SUNRISE 621 AM CDT SUNSET 749 PM CDT MAY 7 2007...........SUNRISE 620 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. $$