000 CDUS44 KLCH 281038 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 537 AM CDT TUE AUG 28 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 27 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 89 1114 AM 101 1924 91 -2 91 MINIMUM 75 602 AM 61 1896 72 3 74 AVERAGE 82 82 0 83 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.09 3.77 1967 0.16 -0.07 1.72 MONTH TO DATE 3.35 4.32 -0.97 5.07 SINCE JUN 1 15.98 17.03 -1.05 14.31 SINCE JAN 1 41.04 42.04 -1.00 30.67 DEGREE DAYS COOLING YESTERDAY 17 16 1 18 MONTH TO DATE 565 465 100 538 SINCE JUN 1 1614 1459 155 1647 SINCE JAN 1 2234 1970 264 2418 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 22 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (190) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 29 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (200) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 1.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 87 1000 PM LOWEST 61 400 PM AVERAGE 74 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 91 99 1902 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 72 61 1896 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 28 2007........SUNRISE 642 AM CDT SUNSET 736 PM CDT AUGUST 29 2007........SUNRISE 643 AM CDT SUNSET 734 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$