000 CDUS44 KLCH 101014 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 514 AM CDT MON OCT 10 2005 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 9 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 81 407 PM 94 1941 83 -2 79 MINIMUM 59 647 AM 39 1921 61 -2 71 AVERAGE 70 72 -2 75 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.10 1918 0.13 -0.13 0.72 MONTH TO DATE 0.31 1.27 -0.96 8.55 SINCE SEP 1 7.46 6.57 0.89 10.06 SINCE JAN 1 31.01 49.27 -18.26 65.12 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 5 7 -2 10 MONTH TO DATE 120 73 47 113 SINCE SEP 1 671 471 200 590 SINCE JAN 1 3002 2505 497 2744 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 10 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (360) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 14 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (330) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 78 1100 PM LOWEST 35 300 PM AVERAGE 57 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 82 93 1931 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 60 36 1917 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 10 2005.......SUNRISE 707 AM CDT SUNSET 642 PM CDT OCTOBER 11 2005.......SUNRISE 708 AM CDT SUNSET 641 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$