000 CDUS44 KLCH 051228 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 727 AM CDT WED SEP 5 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 4 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 94 128 PM 101 2000 90 4 91 MINIMUM 75 607 AM 56 1952 72 3 69 AVERAGE 85 81 4 80 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 2.53 1968 0.18 -0.18 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.14 0.69 -0.55 0.00 SINCE SEP 1 0.14 0.69 -0.55 0.00 SINCE JAN 1 41.46 43.39 -1.93 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 20 16 4 15 MONTH TO DATE 72 64 8 64 SINCE SEP 1 72 64 8 64 SINCE JAN 1 2375 2098 277 2557 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 13 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (270) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 17 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (250) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 2.3 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 87 300 AM LOWEST 49 100 PM AVERAGE 68 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 89 100 2000 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 71 56 1952 SUNRISE AND SUNSET SEPTEMBER 5 2007.....SUNRISE 647 AM CDT SUNSET 726 PM CDT SEPTEMBER 6 2007.....SUNRISE 647 AM CDT SUNSET 725 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$