000 CDUS44 KLCH 151054 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 553 AM CDT SUN JUL 15 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 14 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 85 1014 AM 98 1923 91 -6 91 MINIMUM 75 1159 PM 63 1990 74 1 77 AVERAGE 80 83 -3 84 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.08 4.78 1989 0.22 -0.14 T MONTH TO DATE 3.33 3.12 0.21 5.24 SINCE JUN 1 8.68 9.18 -0.50 6.11 SINCE JAN 1 33.74 34.19 -0.45 22.47 DEGREE DAYS COOLING YESTERDAY 15 17 -2 19 MONTH TO DATE 252 238 14 248 SINCE JUN 1 764 699 65 788 SINCE JAN 1 1384 1210 174 1559 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (290) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 21 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (290) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM LIGHT RAIN RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 91 200 AM LOWEST 67 200 PM AVERAGE 79 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 91 100 1924 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 74 61 1967 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JULY 15 2007..........SUNRISE 617 AM CDT SUNSET 811 PM CDT JULY 16 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. $$