000 CDUS44 KLCH 251050 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 549 AM CDT SAT AUG 25 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 24 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 91 1100 AM 103 1924 91 0 91 MINIMUM 76 1206 PM 60 1897 73 3 76 AVERAGE 84 82 2 84 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 2.56 1970 0.16 -0.16 1.40 MONTH TO DATE 2.47 3.84 -1.37 2.20 SINCE JUN 1 15.10 16.55 -1.45 11.44 SINCE JAN 1 40.16 41.56 -1.40 27.80 DEGREE DAYS COOLING YESTERDAY 19 17 2 19 MONTH TO DATE 509 415 94 486 SINCE JUN 1 1558 1409 149 1595 SINCE JAN 1 2178 1920 258 2366 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (130) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 25 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (140) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 1.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM LIGHT RAIN RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 91 1100 PM LOWEST 56 1100 AM AVERAGE 74 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 91 100 1914 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 73 62 1917 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 25 2007........SUNRISE 641 AM CDT SUNSET 739 PM CDT AUGUST 26 2007........SUNRISE 641 AM CDT SUNSET 738 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$