000 CDUS44 KLCH 281236 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 735 AM CDT WED SEP 28 2005 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 27 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 95R 335 PM 95 1953 86 9 89 MINIMUM 80 1159 PM 42 1899 65 15 67 AVERAGE 88 76 12 78 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 3.67 1996 0.17 -0.17 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 7.15 4.82 2.33 1.51 SINCE SEP 1 7.15 4.82 2.33 1.51 SINCE JAN 1 30.70 47.52 -16.82 56.57 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 23 11 12 13 MONTH TO DATE 504 368 136 447 SINCE SEP 1 504 368 136 447 SINCE JAN 1 2835 2402 433 2601 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 10 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (70) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 16 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (100) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 94 400 AM LOWEST 44 300 PM AVERAGE 69 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 85 96 1933 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 65 41 1896 SUNRISE AND SUNSET SEPTEMBER 28 2005.....SUNRISE 700 AM CDT SUNSET 657 PM CDT SEPTEMBER 29 2005.....SUNRISE 700 AM CDT SUNSET 656 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$