000 CDUS44 KLCH 052244 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 543 PM CDT SUN JUL 5 2009 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 5 2009... VALID TODAY AS OF 0500 PM LOCAL TIME. CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1893 TO 2009 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) TODAY MAXIMUM 98 359 PM 101 1921 90 8 90 MINIMUM 79 545 AM 62 1924 73 6 71 AVERAGE 89 82 7 81 PRECIPITATION (IN) TODAY 0.00 4.25 1915 0.22 -0.22 0.35 MONTH TO DATE 0.00 1.10 -1.10 0.69 SINCE JUN 1 1.69 7.16 -5.47 7.80 SINCE JAN 1 20.91 32.17 -11.26 32.01 DEGREE DAYS COOLING TODAY 24 17 7 16 MONTH TO DATE 118 85 33 76 SINCE JUN 1 685 546 139 585 SINCE JAN 1 1310 1057 253 1206 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (290) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 25 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (280) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 91 500 AM LOWEST 38 200 PM AVERAGE 65 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 90 102 1921 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 73 61 1924 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JULY 5 2009..........SUNRISE 612 AM CDT SUNSET 813 PM CDT JULY 6 2009..........SUNRISE 612 AM CDT SUNSET 813 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$