000 CDUS44 KLCH 131034 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 534 AM CDT SUN MAY 13 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 12 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 91 318 PM 93 1894 84 7 81 MINIMUM 68 442 AM 44 1924 65 3 56 AVERAGE 80 75 5 69 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 6.86 2004 0.17 -0.17 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.94 1.98 -0.04 0.56 SINCE MAR 1 9.52 11.21 -1.69 8.01 SINCE JAN 1 19.75 21.68 -1.93 16.01 DEGREE DAYS COOLING YESTERDAY 15 10 5 4 MONTH TO DATE 152 99 53 139 SINCE MAR 1 396 274 122 512 SINCE JAN 1 426 291 135 538 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (30) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 16 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (30) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 84 1000 PM LOWEST 38 200 PM AVERAGE 61 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 84 93 1920 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 65 44 1895 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 13 2007...........SUNRISE 616 AM CDT SUNSET 753 PM CDT MAY 14 2007...........SUNRISE 615 AM CDT SUNSET 754 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$