000 CDUS44 KLCH 121035 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 534 AM CDT SAT MAY 12 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 11 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 86 523 PM 95 1894 84 2 80 MINIMUM 65 237 AM 47 1906 65 0 63 AVERAGE 76 75 1 72 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.91 1959 0.17 -0.17 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.94 1.81 0.13 0.56 SINCE MAR 1 9.52 11.04 -1.52 8.01 SINCE JAN 1 19.75 21.51 -1.76 16.01 DEGREE DAYS COOLING YESTERDAY 11 9 2 7 MONTH TO DATE 137 89 48 135 SINCE MAR 1 381 264 117 508 SINCE JAN 1 411 281 130 534 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 12 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (240) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 13 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (230) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 2.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 87 100 AM LOWEST 40 200 PM AVERAGE 64 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 84 93 1894 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 65 44 1924 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 12 2007...........SUNRISE 616 AM CDT SUNSET 753 PM CDT MAY 13 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. $$