000 CDUS44 KLCH 031205 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 644 AM CDT MON OCT 3 2005 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 2 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 92 1257 PM 95 1900 84 8 88 MINIMUM 75 429 AM 42 1924 63 12 72 AVERAGE 84 74 10 80 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.31 1.65 1921 0.15 0.16 T MONTH TO DATE 0.31 0.30 0.01 T SINCE SEP 1 7.46 5.60 1.86 1.51 SINCE JAN 1 31.01 48.30 -17.29 56.57 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.0 2002 0.0 0.0 0.0 2001 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE SEP 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 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 19 9 10 15 MONTH TO DATE 36 18 18 29 SINCE SEP 1 587 416 171 506 SINCE JAN 1 2918 2450 468 2660 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 26 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (80) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 33 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (80) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 87 200 AM LOWEST 52 100 PM AVERAGE 70 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 84 96 1900 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 63 47 1929 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 3 2005.......SUNRISE 703 AM CDT SUNSET 651 PM CDT OCTOBER 4 2005.......SUNRISE 703 AM CDT SUNSET 649 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$