000 CDUS44 KLCH 281021 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 520 AM CDT MON MAY 28 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 27 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 83 109 PM 95 1900 87 -4 91 MINIMUM 68 612 AM 46 1901 68 0 71 AVERAGE 76 78 -2 81 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.02 2.24 1915 0.18 -0.16 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 4.33 4.59 -0.26 0.64 SINCE MAR 1 11.91 13.82 -1.91 8.09 SINCE JAN 1 22.14 24.29 -2.15 16.09 DEGREE DAYS COOLING YESTERDAY 11 13 -2 16 MONTH TO DATE 299 267 32 304 SINCE MAR 1 543 442 101 677 SINCE JAN 1 573 459 114 703 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 12 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (170) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 15 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (110) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 90 700 AM LOWEST 58 1000 AM AVERAGE 74 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 87 96 1998 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 69 51 1901 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 28 2007...........SUNRISE 608 AM CDT SUNSET 803 PM CDT MAY 29 2007...........SUNRISE 608 AM CDT SUNSET 803 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$