000 CDUS44 KLCH 081229 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 729 AM CDT WED AUG 8 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 7 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 95 422 PM 100 1896 91 4 94 MINIMUM 77 533 AM 61 1923 74 3 75 AVERAGE 86 83 3 85 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 4.06 1940 0.17 -0.17 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.11 1.22 -0.11 T SINCE JUN 1 13.74 13.93 -0.19 9.24 SINCE JAN 1 38.80 38.94 -0.14 25.60 DEGREE DAYS COOLING YESTERDAY 21 18 3 20 MONTH TO DATE 135 126 9 135 SINCE JUN 1 1184 1120 64 1244 SINCE JAN 1 1804 1631 173 2015 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 9 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (200) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 13 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (290) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 91 300 AM LOWEST 42 300 PM AVERAGE 67 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 91 103 1962 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 74 64 1923 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 8 2007........SUNRISE 631 AM CDT SUNSET 756 PM CDT AUGUST 9 2007........SUNRISE 631 AM CDT SUNSET 755 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$