000 CDUS44 KLCH 211307 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 806 AM CDT SAT JUL 21 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 20 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 88 1053 AM 100 1924 91 -3 94 MINIMUM 75 1159 PM 66 1904 74 1 74 AVERAGE 82 83 -1 84 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 2.19 2001 0.22 -0.22 T MONTH TO DATE 3.55 4.44 -0.89 6.93 SINCE JUN 1 8.90 10.50 -1.60 7.80 SINCE JAN 1 33.96 35.51 -1.55 24.16 DEGREE DAYS COOLING YESTERDAY 17 17 0 19 MONTH TO DATE 349 340 9 370 SINCE JUN 1 861 801 60 910 SINCE JAN 1 1481 1312 169 1681 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (210) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 20 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (210) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 2.7 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 94 400 AM LOWEST 63 1100 AM AVERAGE 79 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 91 103 1924 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 74 65 1947 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JULY 21 2007..........SUNRISE 620 AM CDT SUNSET 809 PM CDT JULY 22 2007..........SUNRISE 620 AM CDT SUNSET 808 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$