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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA                            
515 AM CDT SUN OCT 9 2005

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...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 8 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         78    405 PM  95    1912  83     -5       74       
  MINIMUM         59    639 AM  36    1952  61     -2       71       
  AVERAGE         69                        72     -3       73      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          5.75 2004   0.13  -0.13     5.75    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.31                      1.14  -0.83     7.83    
  SINCE SEP 1      7.46                      6.44   1.02     9.34    
  SINCE JAN 1     31.01                     49.14 -18.13    64.40    
                                                                     
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        4                         7     -3        8       
  MONTH TO DATE  115                        66     49      103       
  SINCE SEP 1    666                       464    202      580       
  SINCE JAN 1   2997                      2498    499     2734       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    14   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     N (340)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    17   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (320)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     9.2                                         
                                                                     
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    67          1100 PM                                     
 LOWEST     40           200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    54                                                       
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THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   83        94      1941                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   61        39      1921                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER  9 2005.......SUNRISE   706 AM CDT   SUNSET   644 PM CDT   
OCTOBER 10 2005.......SUNRISE   707 AM CDT   SUNSET   642 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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