000 CDUS44 KLCH 251230 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 729 AM CDT FRI MAY 25 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 24 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 1237 PM 97 1896 86 0 91 MINIMUM 68 218 AM 53 1931 68 0 69 AVERAGE 77 77 0 80 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.65 3.32 1968 0.18 0.47 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 4.31 4.05 0.26 0.64 SINCE MAR 1 11.89 13.28 -1.39 8.09 SINCE JAN 1 22.12 23.75 -1.63 16.09 DEGREE DAYS COOLING YESTERDAY 12 12 0 15 MONTH TO DATE 264 230 34 255 SINCE MAR 1 508 405 103 628 SINCE JAN 1 538 422 116 654 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (150) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 25 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (150) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 90 100 AM LOWEST 55 1100 AM AVERAGE 73 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 86 95 1893 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 68 52 1940 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 25 2007...........SUNRISE 609 AM CDT SUNSET 801 PM CDT MAY 26 2007...........SUNRISE 609 AM CDT SUNSET 801 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$