000 CDUS44 KLCH 101240 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 739 AM CDT FRI AUG 10 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 9 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 96 412 PM 101 1962 91 5 96 MINIMUM 81 616 AM 60 1989 74 7 75 AVERAGE 89 83 6 86 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.06 1988 0.16 -0.16 0.04 MONTH TO DATE 1.11 1.54 -0.43 0.05 SINCE JUN 1 13.74 14.25 -0.51 9.29 SINCE JAN 1 38.80 39.26 -0.46 25.65 DEGREE DAYS COOLING YESTERDAY 24 17 7 21 MONTH TO DATE 183 160 23 176 SINCE JUN 1 1232 1154 78 1285 SINCE JAN 1 1852 1665 187 2056 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 10 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (320) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 13 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (30) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 79 500 AM LOWEST 49 100 PM AVERAGE 64 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 91 101 1962 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 74 62 1989 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 10 2007........SUNRISE 632 AM CDT SUNSET 754 PM CDT AUGUST 11 2007........SUNRISE 633 AM CDT SUNSET 753 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$