000 CDUS44 KLCH 181034 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 533 AM CDT FRI MAY 18 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 17 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 81 223 PM 94 1998 85 -4 83 MINIMUM 61 607 AM 50 1926 66 -5 60 AVERAGE 71 76 -5 72 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.76 1929 0.17 -0.17 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 2.01 2.83 -0.82 0.64 SINCE MAR 1 9.59 12.06 -2.47 8.09 SINCE JAN 1 19.82 22.53 -2.71 16.09 DEGREE DAYS COOLING YESTERDAY 6 11 -5 7 MONTH TO DATE 213 150 63 169 SINCE MAR 1 457 325 132 542 SINCE JAN 1 487 342 145 568 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (10) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 23 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (20) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 84 400 AM LOWEST 32 500 PM AVERAGE 58 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 85 94 1998 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 66 53 1893 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 18 2007...........SUNRISE 613 AM CDT SUNSET 757 PM CDT MAY 19 2007...........SUNRISE 612 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. $$