000 CDUS44 KLCH 031039 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 538 AM CDT TUE JUL 3 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 2 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 90 126 PM 100 1894 90 0 90 MINIMUM 75 522 AM 60 1924 73 2 74 AVERAGE 83 82 1 82 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.06 3.51 1903 0.22 -0.16 0.23 MONTH TO DATE 0.73 0.44 0.29 0.29 SINCE JUN 1 6.08 6.50 -0.42 1.16 SINCE JAN 1 31.14 31.51 -0.37 17.52 DEGREE DAYS COOLING YESTERDAY 18 17 1 17 MONTH TO DATE 35 34 1 35 SINCE JUN 1 547 495 52 575 SINCE JAN 1 1167 1006 161 1346 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (100) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 23 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (90) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 1.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN LIGHT RAIN HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 87 1200 AM LOWEST 56 100 PM AVERAGE 72 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 90 103 1894 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 73 58 1924 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JULY 3 2007..........SUNRISE 611 AM CDT SUNSET 814 PM CDT JULY 4 2007..........SUNRISE 611 AM CDT SUNSET 813 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$