000 CDUS44 KLCH 051229 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 729 AM CDT SUN AUG 5 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 4 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 93 239 PM 99 1951 91 2 95 MINIMUM 75 536 AM 66 1920 74 1 77 AVERAGE 84 83 1 86 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.05 2.50 1917 0.17 -0.12 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.42 0.71 -0.29 0.00 SINCE JUN 1 13.05 13.42 -0.37 9.24 SINCE JAN 1 38.11 38.43 -0.32 25.60 DEGREE DAYS COOLING YESTERDAY 19 18 1 21 MONTH TO DATE 73 72 1 79 SINCE JUN 1 1122 1066 56 1188 SINCE JAN 1 1742 1577 165 1959 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (180) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 20 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (180) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 2.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 87 200 AM LOWEST 52 1200 PM AVERAGE 70 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 91 101 1896 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 74 63 1915 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 5 2007........SUNRISE 629 AM CDT SUNSET 759 PM CDT AUGUST 6 2007........SUNRISE 630 AM CDT SUNSET 758 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$