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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA                            
618 AM CDT TUE OCT 4 2005

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...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 3 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             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         91    135 PM  96    1900  84      7       92       
  MINIMUM         73    615 AM  47    1929  63     10       71       
  AVERAGE         82                        74      8       82      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          7.10 1964   0.15  -0.15      T      
  MONTH TO DATE    0.31                      0.45  -0.14      T      
  SINCE SEP 1      7.46                      5.75   1.71     1.51    
  SINCE JAN 1     31.01                     48.45 -17.44    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      MM                                                 
                                                                     
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                         9      8       17       
  MONTH TO DATE   53                        27     26       46       
  SINCE SEP 1    604                       425    179      523       
  SINCE JAN 1   2935                      2459    476     2677       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    17   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     E (90)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    21   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     E (90)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     7.6                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    93           400 AM                                     
 LOWEST     56           100 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    75                                                       
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THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   84        95      1924                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   62        44      1987                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER  4 2005.......SUNRISE   703 AM CDT   SUNSET   649 PM CDT   
OCTOBER  5 2005.......SUNRISE   704 AM CDT   SUNSET   648 PM CDT   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.                                          


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