000 CDUS44 KLCH 271037 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 536 AM CDT FRI JUL 27 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 26 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 1105 AM 101 1893 91 -1 87 MINIMUM 74 548 AM 66 1911 74 0 73 AVERAGE 82 83 -1 80 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.15 3.17 1904 0.20 -0.05 0.13 MONTH TO DATE 3.70 5.68 -1.98 8.35 SINCE JUN 1 9.05 11.74 -2.69 9.22 SINCE JAN 1 34.11 36.75 -2.64 25.58 DEGREE DAYS COOLING YESTERDAY 17 18 -1 15 MONTH TO DATE 450 443 7 469 SINCE JUN 1 962 904 58 1009 SINCE JAN 1 1582 1415 167 1780 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (170) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 24 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (180) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM RAIN LIGHT RAIN RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 500 AM LOWEST 56 1000 AM AVERAGE 75 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 91 100 1930 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 74 66 1924 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JULY 27 2007..........SUNRISE 623 AM CDT SUNSET 805 PM CDT JULY 28 2007..........SUNRISE 624 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. $$