000 CDUS44 KLCH 061229 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 729 AM CDT THU SEP 6 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 5 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 92 304 PM 100 2000 89 3 91 MINIMUM 76 631 AM 56 1952 71 5 69 AVERAGE 84 80 4 80 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.01 4.41 1973 0.18 -0.17 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.15 0.87 -0.72 0.00 SINCE SEP 1 0.15 0.87 -0.72 0.00 SINCE JAN 1 41.47 43.57 -2.10 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 19 15 4 15 MONTH TO DATE 91 79 12 79 SINCE SEP 1 91 79 12 79 SINCE JAN 1 2394 2113 281 2572 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 13 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (190) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 17 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (130) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 2.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM LIGHT RAIN HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 91 1100 PM LOWEST 56 200 PM AVERAGE 74 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 89 101 1925 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 71 58 1953 SUNRISE AND SUNSET SEPTEMBER 6 2007.....SUNRISE 647 AM CDT SUNSET 725 PM CDT SEPTEMBER 7 2007.....SUNRISE 648 AM CDT SUNSET 724 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$