000 CDUS44 KLCH 091230 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 729 AM CDT MON JUL 9 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 8 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 91 216 PM 99 1990 90 1 92 MINIMUM 77 1159 PM 60 1905 73 4 76 AVERAGE 84 82 2 84 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.37 1934 0.23 -0.23 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 2.90 1.78 1.12 3.31 SINCE JUN 1 8.25 7.84 0.41 4.18 SINCE JAN 1 33.31 32.85 0.46 20.54 DEGREE DAYS COOLING YESTERDAY 19 17 2 19 MONTH TO DATE 133 136 -3 139 SINCE JUN 1 645 597 48 679 SINCE JAN 1 1265 1108 157 1450 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 10 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (160) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 15 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (160) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 91 100 AM LOWEST 56 200 PM AVERAGE 74 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 90 100 1935 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 73 65 1947 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JULY 9 2007..........SUNRISE 613 AM CDT SUNSET 813 PM CDT JULY 10 2007..........SUNRISE 614 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. $$