000 CDUS44 KLCH 081239 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 739 AM CDT SUN JUL 8 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 7 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 90 343 PM 99 1921 90 0 89 MINIMUM 77 1153 PM 57 1924 73 4 76 AVERAGE 84 82 2 83 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.41 1954 0.23 -0.23 0.12 MONTH TO DATE 2.90 1.55 1.35 3.31 SINCE JUN 1 8.25 7.61 0.64 4.18 SINCE JAN 1 33.31 32.62 0.69 20.54 DEGREE DAYS COOLING YESTERDAY 19 17 2 18 MONTH TO DATE 114 119 -5 120 SINCE JUN 1 626 580 46 660 SINCE JAN 1 1246 1091 155 1431 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (290) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 23 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (260) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 85 600 AM LOWEST 52 300 PM AVERAGE 69 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 90 99 1990 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 73 60 1905 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JULY 8 2007..........SUNRISE 613 AM CDT SUNSET 813 PM CDT JULY 9 2007..........SUNRISE 613 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. $$