000 CDUS44 KLCH 041231 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 730 AM CDT SAT AUG 4 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 3 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 92 454 PM 100 1899 91 1 95 MINIMUM 74 554 AM 65 1923 74 0 76 AVERAGE 83 83 0 86 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 5.60 1940 0.18 -0.18 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.37 0.54 -0.17 0.00 SINCE JUN 1 13.00 13.25 -0.25 9.24 SINCE JAN 1 38.06 38.26 -0.20 25.60 DEGREE DAYS COOLING YESTERDAY 18 18 0 21 MONTH TO DATE 54 54 0 58 SINCE JUN 1 1103 1048 55 1167 SINCE JAN 1 1723 1559 164 1938 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 9 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (40) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 13 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (50) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 2.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 94 1200 AM LOWEST 52 200 PM AVERAGE 73 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 91 99 1951 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 74 66 1920 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 4 2007........SUNRISE 628 AM CDT SUNSET 759 PM CDT AUGUST 5 2007........SUNRISE 629 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. $$