000 CDUS44 KLCH 261029 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 529 AM CDT SAT MAY 26 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 25 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 86 345 PM 95 1893 86 0 90 MINIMUM 67 542 AM 52 1940 68 -1 71 AVERAGE 77 77 0 81 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.72 1923 0.18 -0.18 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 4.31 4.23 0.08 0.64 SINCE MAR 1 11.89 13.46 -1.57 8.09 SINCE JAN 1 22.12 23.93 -1.81 16.09 DEGREE DAYS COOLING YESTERDAY 12 12 0 16 MONTH TO DATE 276 242 34 271 SINCE MAR 1 520 417 103 644 SINCE JAN 1 550 434 116 670 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 13 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (90) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 17 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (100) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 300 AM LOWEST 42 300 PM AVERAGE 68 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 87 94 1893 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 68 50 1925 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 26 2007...........SUNRISE 609 AM CDT SUNSET 801 PM CDT MAY 27 2007...........SUNRISE 608 AM CDT SUNSET 802 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$