000 CDUS44 KLCH 171053 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 551 AM CDT TUE JUL 17 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 16 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 86 1040 AM 99 1980 91 -5 96 MINIMUM 74 1220 PM 61 1967 74 0 74 AVERAGE 80 83 -3 85 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.72 1986 0.22 -0.22 1.56 MONTH TO DATE 3.47 3.56 -0.09 6.80 SINCE JUN 1 8.82 9.62 -0.80 7.67 SINCE JAN 1 33.88 34.63 -0.75 24.03 DEGREE DAYS COOLING YESTERDAY 15 17 -2 20 MONTH TO DATE 280 272 8 290 SINCE JUN 1 792 733 59 830 SINCE JAN 1 1412 1244 168 1601 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (200) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 22 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (190) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 2.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 200 AM LOWEST 61 1100 AM AVERAGE 77 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 91 100 1932 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 74 65 1967 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JULY 17 2007..........SUNRISE 618 AM CDT SUNSET 810 PM CDT JULY 18 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. $$