000 CDUS44 KLCH 031058 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 557 AM CDT FRI AUG 3 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 2 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 91 303 PM 102 1922 91 0 93 MINIMUM 74 610 AM 64 1925 74 0 75 AVERAGE 83 83 0 84 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.31 2.01 1976 0.18 0.13 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.37 0.36 0.01 0.00 SINCE JUN 1 13.00 13.07 -0.07 9.24 SINCE JAN 1 38.06 38.08 -0.02 25.60 DEGREE DAYS COOLING YESTERDAY 18 18 0 19 MONTH TO DATE 36 36 0 37 SINCE JUN 1 1085 1030 55 1146 SINCE JAN 1 1705 1541 164 1917 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (170) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 24 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (170) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 2.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 94 1100 PM LOWEST 56 200 PM AVERAGE 75 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 91 100 1899 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 74 65 1923 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 3 2007........SUNRISE 628 AM CDT SUNSET 800 PM CDT AUGUST 4 2007........SUNRISE 628 AM CDT SUNSET 759 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$