000 CDUS44 KLCH 031228 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 728 AM CDT MON SEP 3 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 2 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 87 228 PM 102 2000 90 -3 91 MINIMUM 74 716 AM 57 1919 72 2 71 AVERAGE 81 81 0 81 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.02 2.28 2001 0.17 -0.15 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.12 0.34 -0.22 0.00 SINCE SEP 1 0.12 0.34 -0.22 0.00 SINCE JAN 1 41.44 43.04 -1.60 30.72 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE SEP 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JUL 1 0 0 0 0 COOLING YESTERDAY 16 16 0 16 MONTH TO DATE 34 32 2 32 SINCE SEP 1 34 32 2 32 SINCE JAN 1 2337 2066 271 2525 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 7 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (170) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 10 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (170) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 1.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM LIGHT RAIN FOG FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 300 AM LOWEST 61 400 PM AVERAGE 77 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 90 103 2000 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 72 59 1903 SUNRISE AND SUNSET SEPTEMBER 3 2007.....SUNRISE 646 AM CDT SUNSET 728 PM CDT SEPTEMBER 4 2007.....SUNRISE 646 AM CDT SUNSET 727 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$