000 CDUS44 KLCH 091302 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 801 AM CDT THU AUG 9 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 8 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 96 148 PM 103 1962 91 5 96 MINIMUM 81 603 AM 64 1923 74 7 74 AVERAGE 89 83 6 85 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 19.63 1940 0.16 -0.16 0.01 MONTH TO DATE 1.11 1.38 -0.27 0.01 SINCE JUN 1 13.74 14.09 -0.35 9.25 SINCE JAN 1 38.80 39.10 -0.30 25.61 DEGREE DAYS COOLING YESTERDAY 24 17 7 20 MONTH TO DATE 159 143 16 155 SINCE JUN 1 1208 1137 71 1264 SINCE JAN 1 1828 1648 180 2035 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 10 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (300) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 14 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (300) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 85 200 AM LOWEST 46 200 PM AVERAGE 66 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 91 101 1962 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 74 60 1989 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 9 2007........SUNRISE 631 AM CDT SUNSET 755 PM CDT AUGUST 10 2007........SUNRISE 632 AM CDT SUNSET 754 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$