000 CDUS44 KLCH 131247 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 745 AM CDT MON AUG 13 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 12 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 101R 304 PM 101 2007 91 10 91 MINIMUM 79 525 AM 59 1931 73 6 77 AVERAGE 90 82 8 84 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.91 1945 0.16 -0.16 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.11 2.02 -0.91 0.05 SINCE JUN 1 13.74 14.73 -0.99 9.29 SINCE JAN 1 38.80 39.74 -0.94 25.65 DEGREE DAYS COOLING YESTERDAY 25 17 8 19 MONTH TO DATE 260 211 49 235 SINCE JUN 1 1309 1205 104 1344 SINCE JAN 1 1929 1716 213 2115 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 9 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (20) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 13 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (40) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 2.1 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 88 1000 PM LOWEST 33 100 PM AVERAGE 61 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 91 100 1951 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 73 60 1931 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 13 2007........SUNRISE 634 AM CDT SUNSET 752 PM CDT AUGUST 14 2007........SUNRISE 634 AM CDT SUNSET 751 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$