000 CDUS44 KLCH 221228 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 728 AM CDT WED AUG 22 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 21 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 95 315 PM 103 1925 91 4 95 MINIMUM 77 535 AM 61 1940 73 4 77 AVERAGE 86 82 4 86 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 2.26 1965 0.15 -0.15 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 2.47 3.38 -0.91 0.77 SINCE JUN 1 15.10 16.09 -0.99 10.01 SINCE JAN 1 40.16 41.10 -0.94 26.37 DEGREE DAYS COOLING YESTERDAY 21 17 4 21 MONTH TO DATE 448 364 84 428 SINCE JUN 1 1497 1358 139 1537 SINCE JAN 1 2117 1869 248 2308 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 13 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (170) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 16 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (170) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 2.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 87 100 AM LOWEST 46 300 PM AVERAGE 67 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 91 101 1921 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 73 60 1956 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 22 2007........SUNRISE 639 AM CDT SUNSET 742 PM CDT AUGUST 23 2007........SUNRISE 640 AM CDT SUNSET 741 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$