000 CDUS44 KLCH 121031 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 530 AM CDT THU JUL 12 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 11 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 94 412 PM 99 1902 91 3 93 MINIMUM 77 512 AM 63 1894 74 3 74 AVERAGE 86 83 3 84 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 3.84 1975 0.22 -0.22 0.11 MONTH TO DATE 3.25 2.46 0.79 5.23 SINCE JUN 1 8.60 8.52 0.08 6.10 SINCE JAN 1 33.66 33.53 0.13 22.46 DEGREE DAYS COOLING YESTERDAY 21 17 4 19 MONTH TO DATE 193 187 6 191 SINCE JUN 1 705 648 57 731 SINCE JAN 1 1325 1159 166 1502 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 13 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (280) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 18 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (270) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 91 400 AM LOWEST 46 100 PM AVERAGE 69 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 91 103 1901 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 74 62 1905 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JULY 12 2007..........SUNRISE 615 AM CDT SUNSET 812 PM CDT JULY 13 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. $$