000 CDUS44 KLCH 171040 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 539 AM CDT THU MAY 17 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 16 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 85 1122 AM 92 1998 85 0 80 MINIMUM 66 1159 PM 46 1926 66 0 58 AVERAGE 76 76 0 69 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 10.38 1980 0.17 -0.17 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 2.01 2.66 -0.65 0.64 SINCE MAR 1 9.59 11.89 -2.30 8.09 SINCE JAN 1 19.82 22.36 -2.54 16.09 DEGREE DAYS COOLING YESTERDAY 11 10 1 4 MONTH TO DATE 207 139 68 162 SINCE MAR 1 451 314 137 535 SINCE JAN 1 481 331 150 561 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 22 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (10) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 26 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (10) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM FOG FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 90 100 AM LOWEST 58 200 PM AVERAGE 74 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 85 94 1998 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 66 50 1926 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 17 2007...........SUNRISE 613 AM CDT SUNSET 756 PM CDT MAY 18 2007...........SUNRISE 613 AM CDT SUNSET 757 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$