000 CDUS44 KLCH 291153 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 652 AM CDT SUN JUL 29 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 28 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 1211 PM 100 1960 91 -1 93 MINIMUM 74 415 AM 67 1897 74 0 79 AVERAGE 82 83 -1 86 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.23 2.27 1951 0.20 0.03 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 4.36 6.08 -1.72 8.35 SINCE JUN 1 9.71 12.14 -2.43 9.22 SINCE JAN 1 34.77 37.15 -2.38 25.58 DEGREE DAYS COOLING YESTERDAY 17 18 -1 21 MONTH TO DATE 480 479 1 509 SINCE JUN 1 992 940 52 1049 SINCE JAN 1 1612 1451 161 1820 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (190) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 25 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (180) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 300 AM LOWEST 59 1200 PM AVERAGE 76 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 91 98 1986 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 74 64 1897 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JULY 29 2007..........SUNRISE 625 AM CDT SUNSET 804 PM CDT JULY 30 2007..........SUNRISE 625 AM CDT SUNSET 803 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$