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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA                            
737 AM CDT WED OCT 5 2005

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...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 4 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         90    336 PM  95    1924  84      6       92       
  MINIMUM         73   1159 PM  44    1987  62     11       69       
  AVERAGE         82                        73      9       81      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          3.85 1949   0.14  -0.14     1.75    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.31                      0.59  -0.28     1.75    
  SINCE SEP 1      7.46                      5.89   1.57     3.26    
  SINCE JAN 1     31.01                     48.59 -17.58    58.32    
                                                                     
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       17                         8      9       16       
  MONTH TO DATE   70                        35     35       62       
  SINCE SEP 1    621                       433    188      539       
  SINCE JAN 1   2952                      2467    485     2693       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    17   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     E (70)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    23   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     E (80)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     7.5                                         
                                                                     
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           300 AM                                     
 LOWEST     47           300 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    70                                                       
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THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   84        95      1912                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   62        46      1987                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER  5 2005.......SUNRISE   704 AM CDT   SUNSET   648 PM CDT   
OCTOBER  6 2005.......SUNRISE   704 AM CDT   SUNSET   647 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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