000 CDUS44 KLCH 201230 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 730 AM CDT MON AUG 20 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 19 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 92 259 PM 100 1896 91 1 94 MINIMUM 77 611 AM 65 1943 73 4 77 AVERAGE 85 82 3 86 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 3.80 1897 0.15 -0.15 0.11 MONTH TO DATE 2.46 3.08 -0.62 0.77 SINCE JUN 1 15.09 15.79 -0.70 10.01 SINCE JAN 1 40.15 40.80 -0.65 26.37 DEGREE DAYS COOLING YESTERDAY 20 17 3 21 MONTH TO DATE 407 330 77 386 SINCE JUN 1 1456 1324 132 1495 SINCE JAN 1 2076 1835 241 2266 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (190) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 18 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (200) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 87 500 AM LOWEST 49 300 PM AVERAGE 68 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 91 102 1925 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 73 61 1940 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 20 2007........SUNRISE 638 AM CDT SUNSET 744 PM CDT AUGUST 21 2007........SUNRISE 638 AM CDT SUNSET 743 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$