000 CDUS44 KLCH 311038 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 536 AM CDT FRI AUG 31 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 30 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 93 432 PM 104 2000 90 3 89 MINIMUM 75 309 AM 59 1906 72 3 76 AVERAGE 84 81 3 83 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.01 1.40 1974 0.17 -0.16 0.05 MONTH TO DATE 3.46 4.81 -1.35 5.12 SINCE JUN 1 16.09 17.52 -1.43 14.36 SINCE JAN 1 41.15 42.53 -1.38 30.72 DEGREE DAYS COOLING YESTERDAY 19 16 3 18 MONTH TO DATE 617 513 104 598 SINCE JUN 1 1666 1507 159 1707 SINCE JAN 1 2286 2018 268 2478 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (100) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 21 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (70) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM LIGHT RAIN RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 87 200 AM LOWEST 49 500 PM AVERAGE 68 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 90 103 2000 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 72 62 1915 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 31 2007........SUNRISE 644 AM CDT SUNSET 732 PM CDT SEPTEMBER 1 2007.....SUNRISE 645 AM CDT SUNSET 731 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$