000 CDUS44 KLCH 261024 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 522 AM CDT THU JUL 26 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 25 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 91 302 PM 99 1923 91 0 83 MINIMUM 71 543 AM 64 1915 74 -3 74 AVERAGE 81 83 -2 79 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 3.65 1979 0.20 -0.20 0.33 MONTH TO DATE 3.55 5.48 -1.93 8.22 SINCE JUN 1 8.90 11.54 -2.64 9.09 SINCE JAN 1 33.96 36.55 -2.59 25.45 DEGREE DAYS COOLING YESTERDAY 16 17 -1 14 MONTH TO DATE 433 425 8 454 SINCE JUN 1 945 886 59 994 SINCE JAN 1 1565 1397 168 1765 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (180) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 21 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (190) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 500 AM LOWEST 44 100 PM AVERAGE 69 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 91 101 1893 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 74 66 1911 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JULY 26 2007..........SUNRISE 623 AM CDT SUNSET 806 PM CDT JULY 27 2007..........SUNRISE 623 AM CDT SUNSET 805 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$