000 CDUS44 KLCH 201040 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 539 AM CDT SUN MAY 20 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 19 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 81 432 PM 94 1998 85 -4 89 MINIMUM 54 527 AM 50 2002 67 -13 69 AVERAGE 68 76 -8 79 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 3.45 1929 0.17 -0.17 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 2.01 3.17 -1.16 0.64 SINCE MAR 1 9.59 12.40 -2.81 8.09 SINCE JAN 1 19.82 22.87 -3.05 16.09 DEGREE DAYS COOLING YESTERDAY 3 11 -8 14 MONTH TO DATE 219 172 47 191 SINCE MAR 1 463 347 116 564 SINCE JAN 1 493 364 129 590 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 12 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (40) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 14 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (50) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.7 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 84 1100 PM LOWEST 28 200 PM AVERAGE 56 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 86 95 1956 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 67 45 1894 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 20 2007...........SUNRISE 612 AM CDT SUNSET 758 PM CDT MAY 21 2007...........SUNRISE 611 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. $$