000 CDUS44 KLCH 191044 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 543 AM CDT SAT MAY 19 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 18 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 80 318 PM 94 1998 85 -5 87 MINIMUM 56 525 AM 53 1893 66 -10 59 AVERAGE 68 76 -8 73 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 3.78 1953 0.17 -0.17 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 2.01 3.00 -0.99 0.64 SINCE MAR 1 9.59 12.23 -2.64 8.09 SINCE JAN 1 19.82 22.70 -2.88 16.09 DEGREE DAYS COOLING YESTERDAY 3 11 -8 8 MONTH TO DATE 216 161 55 177 SINCE MAR 1 460 336 124 550 SINCE JAN 1 490 353 137 576 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (10) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 24 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (10) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 77 400 AM LOWEST 23 100 PM AVERAGE 50 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 85 94 1998 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 67 50 2002 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 19 2007...........SUNRISE 612 AM CDT SUNSET 757 PM CDT MAY 20 2007...........SUNRISE 612 AM CDT SUNSET 758 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$