000 CDUS44 KLCH 101013 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 512 AM CDT SAT SEP 10 2005 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 9 2005... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1893 TO 2005 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 93 315 PM 98 1902 89 4 94 MINIMUM 70 610 AM 55 1918 71 -1 71 AVERAGE 82 80 2 83 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.16 1894 0.18 -0.18 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.00 1.59 -1.59 0.02 SINCE SEP 1 0.00 1.59 -1.59 0.02 SINCE JAN 1 23.55 44.29 -20.74 55.08 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 17 15 2 18 MONTH TO DATE 136 139 -3 159 SINCE SEP 1 136 139 -3 159 SINCE JAN 1 2467 2173 294 2313 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (40) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 23 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (70) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 79 100 AM LOWEST 38 1100 AM AVERAGE 59 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 89 101 1954 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 70 52 1918 SUNRISE AND SUNSET SEPTEMBER 10 2005.....SUNRISE 650 AM CDT SUNSET 719 PM CDT SEPTEMBER 11 2005.....SUNRISE 650 AM CDT SUNSET 718 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$