000 CDUS44 KLCH 021038 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 537 AM CDT MON JUL 2 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 1 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 90 1201 PM 104 1894 90 0 92 MINIMUM 73 147 PM 67 1943 73 0 73 AVERAGE 82 82 0 83 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.67 1.45 1995 0.22 0.45 0.06 MONTH TO DATE 0.67 0.22 0.45 0.06 SINCE JUN 1 6.02 6.28 -0.26 0.93 SINCE JAN 1 31.08 31.29 -0.21 17.29 DEGREE DAYS COOLING YESTERDAY 17 17 0 18 MONTH TO DATE 17 17 0 18 SINCE JUN 1 529 478 51 558 SINCE JAN 1 1149 989 160 1329 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 30 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (280) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 36 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (270) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 1.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 94 200 AM LOWEST 56 1100 AM AVERAGE 75 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 90 100 1894 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 73 60 1924 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JULY 2 2007..........SUNRISE 610 AM CDT SUNSET 814 PM CDT JULY 3 2007..........SUNRISE 611 AM CDT SUNSET 814 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$