000 CDUS44 KLCH 291039 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 538 AM CDT TUE MAY 29 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 28 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 1110 AM 96 1998 87 -4 91 MINIMUM 67 515 AM 51 1901 69 -2 74 AVERAGE 75 78 -3 83 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.77 1.26 1952 0.18 0.59 0.27 MONTH TO DATE 5.10 4.77 0.33 0.91 SINCE MAR 1 12.68 14.00 -1.32 8.36 SINCE JAN 1 22.91 24.47 -1.56 16.36 DEGREE DAYS COOLING YESTERDAY 10 13 -3 18 MONTH TO DATE 309 280 29 322 SINCE MAR 1 553 455 98 695 SINCE JAN 1 583 472 111 721 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 12 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (160) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 17 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (180) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 500 AM LOWEST 58 100 PM AVERAGE 76 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 87 98 1896 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 69 54 1934 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 29 2007...........SUNRISE 608 AM CDT SUNSET 803 PM CDT MAY 30 2007...........SUNRISE 608 AM CDT SUNSET 804 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$