2007 rainfall was slightly below to near normal across Inland Southeast Texas and Central Louisiana north of U.S Highway 190, ranging between 80 and 100 percent. Across Southeast Texas and Southern Louisiana south of U.S. 190, rainfall was near to slightly above average, averaging between 100 and 120 percent of normal. No extremes on either side of the normal curve were observed in 2007.

Temperatures were much above normal, averaging 0.5 to 1.0 degrees above normal for most locations across the region.  A few locations had temperatures that averaged 1.5 degrees or greater, such as the Lafayette and New Iberia Regional Airport ASOS sites, and the Orange Cooperative Observer Site.

The following tables are compiled from the Automatic Surface Observing System (ASOS) and Cooperative Observer network within the National Weather Service Lake Charles area of responsibility, using data obtained from NOAA's Regional Climate Center xmACIS,  WxCoder, and mailed in Cooperative Observer B-29 forms. Many thanks goes out to our Hydro Meteorological Technicians Todd Mogged and Jimmy Nunn, whom maintains the cooperative observing equipment that our observers use to provide this information.

Rainfall graphics were obtained from the Lower Mississippi River Forecast Center's Precipitation Analysis product.

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