000 CDUS44 KLCH 201252 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 752 AM CDT FRI JUL 20 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 19 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 90 1102 AM 100 1951 91 -1 95 MINIMUM 77 1159 PM 66 1894 74 3 76 AVERAGE 84 83 1 86 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 3.95 1978 0.22 -0.22 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 3.55 4.22 -0.67 6.93 SINCE JUN 1 8.90 10.28 -1.38 7.80 SINCE JAN 1 33.96 35.29 -1.33 24.16 DEGREE DAYS COOLING YESTERDAY 19 17 2 21 MONTH TO DATE 332 323 9 351 SINCE JUN 1 844 784 60 891 SINCE JAN 1 1464 1295 169 1662 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 8 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (350) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 12 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (190) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 1.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 91 700 AM LOWEST 59 1100 AM AVERAGE 75 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 91 100 1924 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 74 66 1904 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JULY 20 2007..........SUNRISE 619 AM CDT SUNSET 809 PM CDT JULY 21 2007..........SUNRISE 620 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. $$