000 CDUS44 KLCH 041230 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 730 AM CDT TUE SEP 4 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 3 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 91 1237 PM 103 2000 90 1 92 MINIMUM 75 647 AM 59 1903 72 3 71 AVERAGE 83 81 2 82 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.02 3.40 1934 0.17 -0.15 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.14 0.51 -0.37 0.00 SINCE SEP 1 0.14 0.51 -0.37 0.00 SINCE JAN 1 41.46 43.21 -1.75 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 18 16 2 17 MONTH TO DATE 52 48 4 49 SINCE SEP 1 52 48 4 49 SINCE JAN 1 2355 2082 273 2542 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (190) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 21 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (200) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 2.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM LIGHT RAIN FOG FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 94 700 AM LOWEST 56 100 PM AVERAGE 75 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 90 101 2000 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 72 56 1952 SUNRISE AND SUNSET SEPTEMBER 4 2007.....SUNRISE 646 AM CDT SUNSET 727 PM CDT SEPTEMBER 5 2007.....SUNRISE 647 AM CDT SUNSET 726 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$