000 CDUS44 KLCH 161039 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 538 AM CDT MON JUL 16 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 15 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 82 949 AM 100 1924 91 -9 96 MINIMUM 74 1159 PM 61 1967 74 0 77 AVERAGE 78 83 -5 87 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.14 1.14 1936 0.22 -0.08 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 3.47 3.34 0.13 5.24 SINCE JUN 1 8.82 9.40 -0.58 6.11 SINCE JAN 1 33.88 34.41 -0.53 22.47 DEGREE DAYS COOLING YESTERDAY 13 17 -4 22 MONTH TO DATE 265 255 10 270 SINCE JUN 1 777 716 61 810 SINCE JAN 1 1397 1227 170 1581 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 25 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (210) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 33 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (210) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 87 200 AM LOWEST 69 900 AM AVERAGE 78 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 91 99 1980 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 74 61 1967 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JULY 16 2007..........SUNRISE 617 AM CDT SUNSET 811 PM CDT JULY 17 2007..........SUNRISE 618 AM CDT SUNSET 810 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$