000 CDUS44 KLCH 231226 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 726 AM CDT WED MAY 23 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 22 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 78 1128 AM 97 2005 86 -8 88 MINIMUM 64 239 AM 50 1954 67 -3 67 AVERAGE 71 77 -6 78 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 1.59 6.07 1927 0.18 1.41 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 3.60 3.69 -0.09 0.64 SINCE MAR 1 11.18 12.92 -1.74 8.09 SINCE JAN 1 21.41 23.39 -1.98 16.09 DEGREE DAYS COOLING YESTERDAY 6 12 -6 13 MONTH TO DATE 241 206 35 225 SINCE MAR 1 485 381 104 598 SINCE JAN 1 515 398 117 624 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (150) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 22 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (160) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 90 200 PM LOWEST 79 1100 AM AVERAGE 85 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 86 98 1902 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 68 54 2002 2001 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 23 2007...........SUNRISE 610 AM CDT SUNSET 800 PM CDT MAY 24 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. $$