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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA                            
511 AM CDT TUE OCT 11 2005

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...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 10 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         81   1227 PM  93    1931  82     -1       75       
  MINIMUM         58    627 AM  36    1917  60     -2       72       
  AVERAGE         70                        71     -1       74      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          2.29 2003   0.13  -0.13     2.26    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.31                      1.40  -1.09    10.81    
  SINCE SEP 1      7.46                      6.70   0.76    12.32    
  SINCE JAN 1     31.01                     49.40 -18.39    67.38    
                                                                     
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                         1     -1        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         1     -1        0       
  SINCE SEP 1      0                         1     -1        0       
  SINCE JUL 1      0                         1     -1        0       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        5                         7     -2        9       
  MONTH TO DATE  125                        80     45      122       
  SINCE SEP 1    676                       478    198      599       
  SINCE JAN 1   3007                      2512    495     2753       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    12   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NE (60)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    14   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NE (60)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     4.6                                         
                                                                     
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    86           600 AM                                     
 LOWEST     48          1100 AM                                     
 AVERAGE    67                                                       
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THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   82        95      1912                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   60        39      1906                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER 11 2005.......SUNRISE   708 AM CDT   SUNSET   641 PM CDT   
OCTOBER 12 2005.......SUNRISE   708 AM CDT   SUNSET   640 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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