000 CDUS44 KLCH 261043 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 542 AM CDT SUN AUG 26 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 25 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 93 124 PM 100 1914 91 2 92 MINIMUM 75 1116 PM 62 1917 73 2 75 AVERAGE 84 82 2 84 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.79 2.12 1926 0.16 0.63 0.91 MONTH TO DATE 3.26 4.00 -0.74 3.11 SINCE JUN 1 15.89 16.71 -0.82 12.35 SINCE JAN 1 40.95 41.72 -0.77 28.71 DEGREE DAYS COOLING YESTERDAY 19 17 2 19 MONTH TO DATE 528 432 96 505 SINCE JUN 1 1577 1426 151 1614 SINCE JAN 1 2197 1937 260 2385 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (60) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 24 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (50) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 2.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN LIGHT RAIN RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 94 500 AM LOWEST 56 1100 AM AVERAGE 75 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 91 101 1902 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 73 60 1917 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 26 2007........SUNRISE 641 AM CDT SUNSET 738 PM CDT AUGUST 27 2007........SUNRISE 642 AM CDT SUNSET 737 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$