000 CDUS44 KLCH 071237 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 737 AM CDT MON MAY 7 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 6 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 88 327 PM 92 1895 83 5 83 MINIMUM 73 452 AM 48 1957 63 10 69 AVERAGE 81 73 8 76 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.45 1941 0.16 -0.16 0.15 MONTH TO DATE 1.93 0.96 0.97 0.56 SINCE MAR 1 9.51 10.19 -0.68 8.01 SINCE JAN 1 19.74 20.66 -0.92 16.01 DEGREE DAYS COOLING YESTERDAY 16 8 8 11 MONTH TO DATE 74 45 29 70 SINCE MAR 1 318 220 98 443 SINCE JAN 1 348 237 111 469 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 13 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (180) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 17 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (130) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 87 200 AM LOWEST 55 200 PM AVERAGE 71 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 83 92 1952 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 63 44 1898 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 7 2007...........SUNRISE 620 AM CDT SUNSET 749 PM CDT MAY 8 2007...........SUNRISE 619 AM CDT SUNSET 750 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$