000 CDUS44 KLCH 111043 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 542 AM CDT WED JUL 11 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 10 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 93 251 PM 99 1981 91 2 88 MINIMUM 78 518 AM 62 1947 74 4 74 AVERAGE 86 83 3 81 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.56 1921 0.23 -0.23 0.08 MONTH TO DATE 3.25 2.24 1.01 5.12 SINCE JUN 1 8.60 8.30 0.30 5.99 SINCE JAN 1 33.66 33.31 0.35 22.35 DEGREE DAYS COOLING YESTERDAY 21 17 4 16 MONTH TO DATE 172 170 2 172 SINCE JUN 1 684 631 53 712 SINCE JAN 1 1304 1142 162 1483 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (200) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 21 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (240) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 91 1200 AM LOWEST 59 1000 AM AVERAGE 75 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 91 99 1902 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 74 63 1894 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JULY 11 2007..........SUNRISE 614 AM CDT SUNSET 812 PM CDT JULY 12 2007..........SUNRISE 615 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. $$