000 CDUS44 KLCH 221247 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 745 AM CDT TUE MAY 22 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 21 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 86 254 PM 96 2005 86 0 87 1899 MINIMUM 63 507 AM 50 1954 67 -4 62 AVERAGE 75 77 -2 75 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 4.30 1916 0.17 -0.17 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 2.01 3.51 -1.50 0.64 SINCE MAR 1 9.59 12.74 -3.15 8.09 SINCE JAN 1 19.82 23.21 -3.39 16.09 DEGREE DAYS COOLING YESTERDAY 10 11 -1 10 MONTH TO DATE 235 194 41 212 SINCE MAR 1 479 369 110 585 SINCE JAN 1 509 386 123 611 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (190) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 21 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (180) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 600 AM LOWEST 37 100 PM AVERAGE 65 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 86 97 2005 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 67 50 1954 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 22 2007...........SUNRISE 611 AM CDT SUNSET 759 PM CDT MAY 23 2007...........SUNRISE 610 AM CDT SUNSET 800 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$