000 CDUS44 KLCH 041043 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 542 AM CDT WED JUL 4 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 3 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 1128 AM 103 1894 90 -2 85 MINIMUM 75 200 PM 58 1924 73 2 73 AVERAGE 82 82 0 79 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 1.46 3.09 1945 0.22 1.24 0.08 MONTH TO DATE 2.19 0.66 1.53 0.37 SINCE JUN 1 7.54 6.72 0.82 1.24 SINCE JAN 1 32.60 31.73 0.87 17.60 DEGREE DAYS COOLING YESTERDAY 17 17 0 14 MONTH TO DATE 52 51 1 49 SINCE JUN 1 564 512 52 589 SINCE JAN 1 1184 1023 161 1360 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 25 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (250) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 29 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (240) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 1.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 91 900 PM LOWEST 70 900 AM AVERAGE 81 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 90 100 1921 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 73 59 1924 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JULY 4 2007..........SUNRISE 611 AM CDT SUNSET 813 PM CDT JULY 5 2007..........SUNRISE 612 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. $$