000 
CDUS44 KLCH 071026
CLILFT


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA                            
525 AM CDT FRI OCT 7 2005

................................... 

...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 6 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    226 PM  96    1911  83      9       87       
  MINIMUM         71    618 AM  39    1932  62      9       69       
  AVERAGE         82                        73      9       78      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.69 2003   0.14  -0.14     0.01    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.31                      0.87  -0.56     1.77    
  SINCE SEP 1      7.46                      6.17   1.29     3.28    
  SINCE JAN 1     31.01                     48.87 -17.86    58.34    
                                                                     
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       13       
  MONTH TO DATE  104                        51     53       86       
  SINCE SEP 1    655                       449    206      563       
  SINCE JAN 1   2986                      2483    503     2717       
..................................................................

WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    21   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NE (30)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    26   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     N (10)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    10.5                                         
                                                                     
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    84           600 AM                                     
 LOWEST     38           300 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    61                                                       
..........................................................
                                                                     
THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   83        94      1925                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   61        42      1932                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER  7 2005.......SUNRISE   705 AM CDT   SUNSET   646 PM CDT   
OCTOBER  8 2005.......SUNRISE   706 AM CDT   SUNSET   645 PM CDT   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.                                          


$$