000 CDUS44 KLCH 291245 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 745 AM CDT WED AUG 29 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 28 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 92 1243 PM 99 1902 91 1 95 MINIMUM 74 600 AM 61 1896 72 2 75 AVERAGE 83 82 1 85 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.03 4.32 1978 0.16 -0.13 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 3.38 4.48 -1.10 5.07 SINCE JUN 1 16.01 17.19 -1.18 14.31 SINCE JAN 1 41.07 42.20 -1.13 30.67 DEGREE DAYS COOLING YESTERDAY 18 16 2 20 MONTH TO DATE 583 481 102 558 SINCE JUN 1 1632 1475 157 1667 SINCE JAN 1 2252 1986 266 2438 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (180) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 20 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (300) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 2.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 87 1200 AM LOWEST 56 1200 PM AVERAGE 72 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 90 100 1998 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 72 58 1906 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 29 2007........SUNRISE 643 AM CDT SUNSET 734 PM CDT AUGUST 30 2007........SUNRISE 644 AM CDT SUNSET 733 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$