000 CDUS44 KLCH 011046 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 544 AM CDT FRI JUN 1 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 31 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 88 1255 PM 98 1998 88 0 89 MINIMUM 69 301 PM 50 1984 69 0 72 AVERAGE 79 79 0 81 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.87 4.99 1999 0.18 0.69 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 7.15 5.31 1.84 0.91 SINCE MAR 1 14.73 14.54 0.19 8.36 SINCE JAN 1 24.96 25.01 -0.05 16.36 DEGREE DAYS COOLING YESTERDAY 14 13 1 16 MONTH TO DATE 346 319 27 372 SINCE MAR 1 590 494 96 745 SINCE JAN 1 620 511 109 771 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (90) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 29 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (100) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 1000 PM LOWEST 55 100 PM AVERAGE 74 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 88 98 1911 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 69 54 1984 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JUNE 1 2007..........SUNRISE 607 AM CDT SUNSET 805 PM CDT JUNE 2 2007..........SUNRISE 607 AM CDT SUNSET 805 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$