000 CDUS44 KLCH 191040 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 539 AM CDT THU JUL 19 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 18 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 92 228 PM 98 1893 91 1 95 MINIMUM 73 431 AM 67 1967 74 -1 76 AVERAGE 83 83 0 86 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.33 1904 0.22 -0.22 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 3.55 4.00 -0.45 6.93 SINCE JUN 1 8.90 10.06 -1.16 7.80 SINCE JAN 1 33.96 35.07 -1.11 24.16 DEGREE DAYS COOLING YESTERDAY 18 17 1 21 MONTH TO DATE 313 306 7 330 SINCE JUN 1 825 767 58 870 SINCE JAN 1 1445 1278 167 1641 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 8 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (200) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 13 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (150) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 1.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 87 100 AM LOWEST 49 100 PM AVERAGE 68 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 91 100 1951 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 74 66 1894 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JULY 19 2007..........SUNRISE 619 AM CDT SUNSET 809 PM CDT JULY 20 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. $$