000 CDUS44 KLCH 301052 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 551 AM CDT THU AUG 30 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 29 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 84 445 PM 100 1998 90 -6 96 MINIMUM 75 700 AM 58 1906 72 3 78 AVERAGE 80 81 -1 87 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.07 1.80 1970 0.16 -0.09 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 3.45 4.64 -1.19 5.07 SINCE JUN 1 16.08 17.35 -1.27 14.31 SINCE JAN 1 41.14 42.36 -1.22 30.67 DEGREE DAYS COOLING YESTERDAY 15 16 -1 22 MONTH TO DATE 598 497 101 580 SINCE JUN 1 1647 1491 156 1689 SINCE JAN 1 2267 2002 265 2460 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 8 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (150) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 13 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (110) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 1.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 0 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 94 100 AM LOWEST 74 1000 AM AVERAGE 84 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 90 104 2000 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 72 59 1906 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 30 2007........SUNRISE 644 AM CDT SUNSET 733 PM CDT AUGUST 31 2007........SUNRISE 644 AM CDT SUNSET 732 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$