000 CDUS44 KLCH 111031 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 530 AM CDT FRI MAY 11 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 10 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 86 345 PM 94 1894 84 2 89 MINIMUM 67 1139 PM 44 1906 64 3 77 AVERAGE 77 74 3 83 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.15 1912 0.17 -0.17 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.94 1.64 0.30 0.56 SINCE MAR 1 9.52 10.87 -1.35 8.01 SINCE JAN 1 19.75 21.34 -1.59 16.01 DEGREE DAYS COOLING YESTERDAY 12 9 3 18 MONTH TO DATE 126 80 46 128 SINCE MAR 1 370 255 115 501 SINCE JAN 1 400 272 128 527 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 13 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (170) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 16 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (200) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 84 1100 PM LOWEST 37 400 PM AVERAGE 61 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 84 95 1894 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 65 47 1906 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 11 2007...........SUNRISE 617 AM CDT SUNSET 752 PM CDT MAY 12 2007...........SUNRISE 616 AM CDT SUNSET 753 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$