000 CDUS44 KLCH 141240 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 740 AM CDT FRI OCT 14 2005 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 13 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 87 245 PM 91 1991 81 6 83 MINIMUM 63 631 AM 41 1946 59 4 58 AVERAGE 75 70 5 71 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 4.16 1995 0.13 -0.13 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.31 1.79 -1.48 10.81 SINCE SEP 1 7.46 7.09 0.37 12.32 SINCE JAN 1 31.01 49.79 -18.78 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 4 -4 0 SINCE SEP 1 0 4 -4 0 SINCE JUL 1 0 4 -4 0 COOLING YESTERDAY 10 6 4 6 MONTH TO DATE 157 99 58 143 SINCE SEP 1 708 497 211 620 SINCE JAN 1 3039 2531 508 2774 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 12 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (50) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 16 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (50) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.2 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 84 600 AM LOWEST 40 200 PM AVERAGE 62 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 81 91 1972 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 59 39 1907 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 14 2005.......SUNRISE 710 AM CDT SUNSET 638 PM CDT OCTOBER 15 2005.......SUNRISE 710 AM CDT SUNSET 637 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$