000 CDUS44 KLCH 131241 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 741 AM CDT THU OCT 13 2005 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 12 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 87 310 PM 91 1991 82 5 80 MINIMUM 64 621 AM 39 1906 59 5 63 AVERAGE 76 71 5 72 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.18 1970 0.13 -0.13 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.31 1.66 -1.35 10.81 SINCE SEP 1 7.46 6.96 0.50 12.32 SINCE JAN 1 31.01 49.66 -18.65 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 3 -3 0 SINCE SEP 1 0 3 -3 0 SINCE JUL 1 0 3 -3 0 COOLING YESTERDAY 11 6 5 7 MONTH TO DATE 147 93 54 137 SINCE SEP 1 698 491 207 614 SINCE JAN 1 3029 2525 504 2768 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (30) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 16 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (40) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 78 600 AM LOWEST 34 300 PM AVERAGE 56 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 81 91 1991 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 59 41 1946 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 13 2005.......SUNRISE 709 AM CDT SUNSET 639 PM CDT OCTOBER 14 2005.......SUNRISE 710 AM CDT SUNSET 638 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$