000 CDUS44 KLCH 241125 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 625 AM CDT FRI AUG 24 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 23 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 94 339 PM 101 1921 91 3 93 MINIMUM 77 604 AM 59 1956 73 4 74 AVERAGE 86 82 4 84 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.95 1922 0.15 -0.15 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 2.47 3.68 -1.21 0.80 SINCE JUN 1 15.10 16.39 -1.29 10.04 SINCE JAN 1 40.16 41.40 -1.24 26.40 DEGREE DAYS COOLING YESTERDAY 21 17 4 19 MONTH TO DATE 490 398 92 467 SINCE JUN 1 1539 1392 147 1576 SINCE JAN 1 2159 1903 256 2347 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 7 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (170) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 10 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. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 91 500 AM LOWEST 49 100 PM AVERAGE 70 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 91 103 1924 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 73 60 1897 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 24 2007........SUNRISE 640 AM CDT SUNSET 740 PM CDT AUGUST 25 2007........SUNRISE 641 AM CDT SUNSET 739 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$