000 CDUS44 KLCH 181053 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 552 AM CDT SAT AUG 18 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 17 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 90 1137 AM 99 2000 91 -1 96 MINIMUM 78 635 AM 63 1992 73 5 75 AVERAGE 84 82 2 86 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.32 1.48 2002 0.15 0.17 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 2.36 2.78 -0.42 0.66 SINCE JUN 1 14.99 15.49 -0.50 9.90 SINCE JAN 1 40.05 40.50 -0.45 26.26 DEGREE DAYS COOLING YESTERDAY 19 17 2 21 MONTH TO DATE 367 296 71 345 SINCE JUN 1 1416 1290 126 1454 SINCE JAN 1 2036 1801 235 2225 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (250) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 16 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (260) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 1.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 91 1200 AM LOWEST 64 1000 AM AVERAGE 78 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 91 99 1896 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 73 66 1992 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 18 2007........SUNRISE 637 AM CDT SUNSET 747 PM CDT AUGUST 19 2007........SUNRISE 637 AM CDT SUNSET 746 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$