000 CDUS44 KLCH 211239 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 739 AM CDT TUE AUG 21 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 20 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 93 356 PM 102 1925 91 2 95 MINIMUM 76 542 AM 61 1940 73 3 76 AVERAGE 85 82 3 86 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.01 1.97 1956 0.15 -0.14 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 2.47 3.23 -0.76 0.77 SINCE JUN 1 15.10 15.94 -0.84 10.01 SINCE JAN 1 40.16 40.95 -0.79 26.37 DEGREE DAYS COOLING YESTERDAY 20 17 3 21 MONTH TO DATE 427 347 80 407 SINCE JUN 1 1476 1341 135 1516 SINCE JAN 1 2096 1852 244 2287 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 13 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (190) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 16 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (210) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.8 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 87 400 AM LOWEST 41 400 PM AVERAGE 64 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 91 103 1925 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 73 61 1940 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 21 2007........SUNRISE 638 AM CDT SUNSET 743 PM CDT AUGUST 22 2007........SUNRISE 639 AM CDT SUNSET 742 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$