000 CDUS44 KLCH 071228 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 728 AM CDT FRI SEP 7 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 6 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 1225 PM 101 1925 89 2 93 MINIMUM 77 1032 PM 58 1953 71 6 74 AVERAGE 84 80 4 84 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.80 2.44 1904 0.18 0.62 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.95 1.05 -0.10 0.00 SINCE SEP 1 0.95 1.05 -0.10 0.00 SINCE JAN 1 42.27 43.75 -1.48 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 19 MONTH TO DATE 110 94 16 98 SINCE SEP 1 110 94 16 98 SINCE JAN 1 2413 2128 285 2591 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 13 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (160) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 20 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (170) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 1.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 91 1200 AM LOWEST 59 1200 PM AVERAGE 75 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 89 100 1925 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 71 51 1918 SUNRISE AND SUNSET SEPTEMBER 7 2007.....SUNRISE 648 AM CDT SUNSET 724 PM CDT SEPTEMBER 8 2007.....SUNRISE 648 AM CDT SUNSET 722 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$