000 CDUS44 KLCH 011018 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 518 AM CDT SAT SEP 1 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 31 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 1235 PM 103 2000 90 -1 89 MINIMUM 74 1148 PM 62 1915 72 2 70 AVERAGE 82 81 1 80 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.17 0.77 1899 0.17 0.00 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 3.63 4.98 -1.35 5.12 SINCE JUN 1 16.26 17.69 -1.43 14.36 SINCE JAN 1 41.32 42.70 -1.38 30.72 DEGREE DAYS COOLING YESTERDAY 17 16 1 15 MONTH TO DATE 634 529 105 613 SINCE JUN 1 1683 1523 160 1722 SINCE JAN 1 2303 2034 269 2493 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (260) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 18 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (230) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 87 100 AM LOWEST 56 1200 PM AVERAGE 72 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 90 101 2000 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 72 57 1915 SUNRISE AND SUNSET SEPTEMBER 1 2007.....SUNRISE 645 AM CDT SUNSET 731 PM CDT SEPTEMBER 2 2007.....SUNRISE 645 AM CDT SUNSET 730 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$