000 CDUS44 KLCH 301029 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 528 AM CDT WED MAY 30 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 29 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 81 201 PM 98 1896 87 -6 90 MINIMUM 71 420 PM 54 1934 69 2 75 AVERAGE 76 78 -2 83 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.78 2.42 1949 0.18 0.60 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 5.88 4.95 0.93 0.91 SINCE MAR 1 13.46 14.18 -0.72 8.36 SINCE JAN 1 23.69 24.65 -0.96 16.36 DEGREE DAYS COOLING YESTERDAY 11 13 -2 18 MONTH TO DATE 320 293 27 340 SINCE MAR 1 564 468 96 713 SINCE JAN 1 594 485 109 739 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 15 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 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 90 400 PM LOWEST 62 200 PM AVERAGE 76 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 87 98 1998 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 69 52 1984 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 30 2007...........SUNRISE 608 AM CDT SUNSET 804 PM CDT MAY 31 2007...........SUNRISE 607 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. $$