000 CDUS44 KLCH 171246 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 745 AM CDT FRI AUG 17 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 16 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 1236 PM 101 1951 91 2 100 MINIMUM 77 1102 PM 61 2004 73 4 74 1929 AVERAGE 85 82 3 87 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.31 2.49 1945 0.15 0.16 0.61 MONTH TO DATE 2.04 2.63 -0.59 0.66 SINCE JUN 1 14.67 15.34 -0.67 9.90 SINCE JAN 1 39.73 40.35 -0.62 26.26 DEGREE DAYS COOLING YESTERDAY 20 17 3 22 MONTH TO DATE 348 279 69 324 SINCE JUN 1 1397 1273 124 1433 SINCE JAN 1 2017 1784 233 2204 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (120) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 31 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (150) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN LIGHT RAIN RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 91 500 AM LOWEST 60 1100 AM AVERAGE 76 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 91 99 2000 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 73 63 1992 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 17 2007........SUNRISE 636 AM CDT SUNSET 748 PM CDT AUGUST 18 2007........SUNRISE 637 AM CDT SUNSET 747 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$