000 CDUS44 KLCH 141037 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 536 AM CDT SAT JUL 14 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 13 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 93 211 PM 107 1901 91 2 92 MINIMUM 78 551 AM 65 1905 74 4 75 AVERAGE 86 83 3 84 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 2.70 1967 0.22 -0.22 0.01 MONTH TO DATE 3.25 2.90 0.35 5.24 SINCE JUN 1 8.60 8.96 -0.36 6.11 SINCE JAN 1 33.66 33.97 -0.31 22.47 DEGREE DAYS COOLING YESTERDAY 21 17 4 19 MONTH TO DATE 237 221 16 229 SINCE JUN 1 749 682 67 769 SINCE JAN 1 1369 1193 176 1540 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (260) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 18 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (260) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 91 400 AM LOWEST 49 100 PM AVERAGE 70 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 91 98 1923 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 74 63 1990 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JULY 14 2007..........SUNRISE 616 AM CDT SUNSET 811 PM CDT JULY 15 2007..........SUNRISE 617 AM CDT SUNSET 811 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$