000 CDUS44 KLCH 181046 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 544 AM CDT WED JUL 18 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 17 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 87 308 PM 100 1932 91 -4 94 MINIMUM 73 531 AM 65 1967 74 -1 74 AVERAGE 80 83 -3 84 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.08 3.44 1912 0.22 -0.14 0.13 MONTH TO DATE 3.55 3.78 -0.23 6.93 SINCE JUN 1 8.90 9.84 -0.94 7.80 SINCE JAN 1 33.96 34.85 -0.89 24.16 DEGREE DAYS COOLING YESTERDAY 15 17 -2 19 MONTH TO DATE 295 289 6 309 SINCE JUN 1 807 750 57 849 SINCE JAN 1 1427 1261 166 1620 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (230) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 18 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (210) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.6 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 87 1200 AM LOWEST 55 300 PM AVERAGE 71 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 91 98 1893 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 74 67 1967 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JULY 18 2007..........SUNRISE 618 AM CDT SUNSET 810 PM CDT JULY 19 2007..........SUNRISE 619 AM CDT SUNSET 809 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$