000 CDUS44 KLCH 151037 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 535 AM CDT TUE MAY 15 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 14 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 93 128 PM 96 1899 84 9 80 MINIMUM 69 1159 PM 50 1931 65 4 64 AVERAGE 81 75 6 72 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.07 2.53 1905 0.17 -0.10 0.08 MONTH TO DATE 2.01 2.32 -0.31 0.64 SINCE MAR 1 9.59 11.55 -1.96 8.09 SINCE JAN 1 19.82 22.02 -2.20 16.09 DEGREE DAYS COOLING YESTERDAY 16 10 6 7 MONTH TO DATE 184 119 65 154 SINCE MAR 1 428 294 134 527 SINCE JAN 1 458 311 147 553 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (180) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 24 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (190) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 87 1200 AM LOWEST 41 100 PM AVERAGE 64 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 85 95 1933 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 66 48 1917 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 15 2007...........SUNRISE 614 AM CDT SUNSET 755 PM CDT MAY 16 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. $$