000 CDUS44 KLCH 141032 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 532 AM CDT MON MAY 14 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 13 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 93R 318 PM 93 1920 84 9 87 MINIMUM 69 514 AM 44 1895 65 4 59 AVERAGE 81 75 6 73 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 2.09 1953 0.17 -0.17 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.94 2.15 -0.21 0.56 SINCE MAR 1 9.52 11.38 -1.86 8.01 SINCE JAN 1 19.75 21.85 -2.10 16.01 DEGREE DAYS COOLING YESTERDAY 16 10 6 8 MONTH TO DATE 168 109 59 147 SINCE MAR 1 412 284 128 520 SINCE JAN 1 442 301 141 546 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 26 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (40) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 32 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (20) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 87 900 PM LOWEST 33 300 PM AVERAGE 60 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 84 96 1899 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 65 50 1931 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 14 2007...........SUNRISE 615 AM CDT SUNSET 754 PM CDT MAY 15 2007...........SUNRISE 614 AM CDT SUNSET 755 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$