000 CDUS44 KLCH 301246 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 745 AM CDT MON JUL 30 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 29 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 89 343 PM 98 1986 91 -2 93 MINIMUM 76 553 AM 64 1897 74 2 76 AVERAGE 83 83 0 85 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.17 5.66 1954 0.19 -0.02 0.02 MONTH TO DATE 4.53 6.27 -1.74 8.37 SINCE JUN 1 9.88 12.33 -2.45 9.24 SINCE JAN 1 34.94 37.34 -2.40 25.60 DEGREE DAYS COOLING YESTERDAY 18 18 0 20 MONTH TO DATE 498 497 1 529 SINCE JUN 1 1010 958 52 1069 SINCE JAN 1 1630 1469 161 1840 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (260) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 20 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (250) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 1.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 94 600 AM LOWEST 63 1100 AM AVERAGE 79 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 91 99 1986 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 74 65 1897 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JULY 30 2007..........SUNRISE 625 AM CDT SUNSET 803 PM CDT JULY 31 2007..........SUNRISE 626 AM CDT SUNSET 802 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$