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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA                            
736 AM CDT MON OCT 17 2005

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...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 16 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         87    344 PM  91    1947  81      6       84       
  MINIMUM         58    608 AM  39    1901  58      0       56       
  AVERAGE         73                        70      3       70      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.54 1971   0.12  -0.12     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.31                      2.16  -1.85    11.14    
  SINCE SEP 1      7.46                      7.46   0.00    12.65    
  SINCE JAN 1     31.01                     50.16 -19.15    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        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         7     -7        5       
  SINCE SEP 1      0                         7     -7        5       
  SINCE JUL 1      0                         7     -7        5       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        8                         5      3        5       
  MONTH TO DATE  186                       116     70      148       
  SINCE SEP 1    737                       514    223      625       
  SINCE JAN 1   3068                      2548    520     2779       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    13   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NE (50)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    17   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     E (70)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     3.1                                         
                                                                     
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     30           300 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    58                                                       
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THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   80        92      1936                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   58        38      1943                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER 17 2005.......SUNRISE   711 AM CDT   SUNSET   635 PM CDT   
OCTOBER 18 2005.......SUNRISE   712 AM CDT   SUNSET   634 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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