000 CDUS44 KLCH 101047 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 546 AM CDT TUE JUL 10 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 9 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 91 313 PM 100 1935 90 1 89 MINIMUM 75 522 AM 65 1947 73 2 74 AVERAGE 83 82 1 82 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.35 2.22 1960 0.23 0.12 1.73 MONTH TO DATE 3.25 2.01 1.24 5.04 SINCE JUN 1 8.60 8.07 0.53 5.91 SINCE JAN 1 33.66 33.08 0.58 22.27 DEGREE DAYS COOLING YESTERDAY 18 17 1 17 MONTH TO DATE 151 153 -2 156 SINCE JUN 1 663 614 49 696 SINCE JAN 1 1283 1125 158 1467 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (200) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 24 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (210) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 94 400 AM LOWEST 59 1100 AM AVERAGE 77 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 91 99 1981 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 74 62 1947 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JULY 10 2007..........SUNRISE 614 AM CDT SUNSET 813 PM CDT JULY 11 2007..........SUNRISE 614 AM CDT SUNSET 812 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$