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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA                            
523 AM CDT THU OCT 6 2005

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...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 5 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    329 PM  95    1912  84      7       85       
  MINIMUM         72    608 AM  46    1987  62     10       67       
  AVERAGE         82                        73      9       76      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          2.25 1919   0.14  -0.14     0.01    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.31                      0.73  -0.42     1.76    
  SINCE SEP 1      7.46                      6.03   1.43     3.27    
  SINCE JAN 1     31.01                     48.73 -17.72    58.33    
                                                                     
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       11       
  MONTH TO DATE   87                        43     44       73       
  SINCE SEP 1    638                       441    197      550       
  SINCE JAN 1   2969                      2475    494     2704       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    16   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NE (60)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    21   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NE (60)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     8.9                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    90           600 AM                                     
 LOWEST     41           300 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    66                                                       
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THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   83        96      1911                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   62        39      1932                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER  6 2005.......SUNRISE   704 AM CDT   SUNSET   647 PM CDT   
OCTOBER  7 2005.......SUNRISE   705 AM CDT   SUNSET   646 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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