000 CDUS44 KLCH 271048 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 544 AM CDT MON AUG 27 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 26 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 95 316 PM 101 1902 91 4 85 MINIMUM 75 517 AM 60 1917 73 2 75 AVERAGE 85 82 3 80 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 5.01 1967 0.16 -0.16 0.24 MONTH TO DATE 3.26 4.16 -0.90 3.35 SINCE JUN 1 15.89 16.87 -0.98 12.59 SINCE JAN 1 40.95 41.88 -0.93 28.95 DEGREE DAYS COOLING YESTERDAY 20 17 3 15 MONTH TO DATE 548 449 99 520 SINCE JUN 1 1597 1443 154 1629 SINCE JAN 1 2217 1954 263 2400 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 12 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (40) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 16 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (170) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 2.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 87 100 AM LOWEST 49 1200 PM AVERAGE 68 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 91 101 1924 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 72 61 1896 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 27 2007........SUNRISE 642 AM CDT SUNSET 737 PM CDT AUGUST 28 2007........SUNRISE 642 AM CDT SUNSET 736 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$