000 CDUS44 KLCH 220937 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 436 AM CDT THU SEP 22 2005 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 21 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 97 313 PM 99 1921 87 10 86 MINIMUM 74 617 AM 48 1899 68 6 65 AVERAGE 86 78 8 76 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.96 2001 0.18 -0.18 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.89 3.78 -2.89 0.31 SINCE SEP 1 0.89 3.78 -2.89 0.31 SINCE JAN 1 24.44 46.48 -22.04 55.37 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 21 12 9 11 MONTH TO DATE 391 300 91 369 SINCE SEP 1 391 300 91 369 SINCE JAN 1 2722 2334 388 2523 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (60) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 23 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (70) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 82 600 AM LOWEST 35 400 PM AVERAGE 59 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 87 97 1893 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 67 45 1897 SUNRISE AND SUNSET SEPTEMBER 22 2005.....SUNRISE 656 AM CDT SUNSET 704 PM CDT SEPTEMBER 23 2005.....SUNRISE 657 AM CDT SUNSET 703 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$