000 CDUS44 KLCH 231305 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 804 AM CDT MON JUL 23 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 22 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 91 1236 PM 100 1924 91 0 94 MINIMUM 74 1159 PM 64 1915 74 0 74 AVERAGE 83 83 0 84 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.82 1967 0.21 -0.21 0.67 MONTH TO DATE 3.55 4.86 -1.31 7.60 SINCE JUN 1 8.90 10.92 -2.02 8.47 SINCE JAN 1 33.96 35.93 -1.97 24.83 DEGREE DAYS COOLING YESTERDAY 18 17 1 19 MONTH TO DATE 386 374 12 408 SINCE JUN 1 898 835 63 948 SINCE JAN 1 1518 1346 172 1719 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (30) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 21 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (30) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.9 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 87 300 AM LOWEST 37 400 PM AVERAGE 62 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 91 100 1923 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 74 62 1947 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JULY 23 2007..........SUNRISE 621 AM CDT SUNSET 808 PM CDT JULY 24 2007..........SUNRISE 622 AM CDT SUNSET 807 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$