000 CDUS44 KLCH 061226 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 726 AM CDT FRI JUL 6 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 5 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 83 439 PM 101 1921 90 -7 87 MINIMUM 75 957 AM 62 1924 73 2 76 AVERAGE 79 82 -3 82 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.25 4.25 1915 0.22 0.03 0.60 MONTH TO DATE 2.67 1.10 1.57 2.55 SINCE JUN 1 8.02 7.16 0.86 3.42 SINCE JAN 1 33.08 32.17 0.91 19.78 DEGREE DAYS COOLING YESTERDAY 14 17 -3 17 MONTH TO DATE 81 85 -4 84 SINCE JUN 1 593 546 47 624 SINCE JAN 1 1213 1057 156 1395 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 21 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (190) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 26 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (200) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 94 200 AM LOWEST 74 200 PM AVERAGE 84 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 90 102 1921 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 73 61 1924 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JULY 6 2007..........SUNRISE 612 AM CDT SUNSET 813 PM CDT JULY 7 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. $$