000 CDUS44 KLCH 151228 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 728 AM CDT SAT OCT 15 2005 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 14 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 88 223 PM 91 1972 81 7 71 MINIMUM 67 1153 PM 39 1907 59 8 53 AVERAGE 78 70 8 62 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.63 1925 0.13 -0.13 0.33 MONTH TO DATE 0.31 1.92 -1.61 11.14 SINCE SEP 1 7.46 7.22 0.24 12.65 SINCE JAN 1 31.01 49.92 -18.91 67.71 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 3 MONTH TO DATE 0 5 -5 3 SINCE SEP 1 0 5 -5 3 SINCE JUL 1 0 5 -5 3 COOLING YESTERDAY 13 6 7 0 MONTH TO DATE 170 105 65 143 SINCE SEP 1 721 503 218 620 SINCE JAN 1 3052 2537 515 2774 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (40) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 20 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (10) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 76 400 AM LOWEST 34 300 PM AVERAGE 55 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 81 92 1919 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 58 39 1893 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 15 2005.......SUNRISE 710 AM CDT SUNSET 637 PM CDT OCTOBER 16 2005.......SUNRISE 711 AM CDT SUNSET 636 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$