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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA                            
544 AM CDT TUE OCT 18 2005

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...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 17 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         86    355 PM  92    1936  80      6       85       
  MINIMUM         61   1159 PM  38    1943  58      3       66       
  AVERAGE         74                        69      5       76      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          3.42 1937   0.12  -0.12     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.31                      2.28  -1.97    11.14    
  SINCE SEP 1      7.46                      7.58  -0.12    12.65    
  SINCE JAN 1     31.01                     50.28 -19.27    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                         8     -8        5       
  SINCE SEP 1      0                         8     -8        5       
  SINCE JUL 1      0                         8     -8        5       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        9                         5      4       11       
  MONTH TO DATE  195                       121     74      159       
  SINCE SEP 1    746                       519    227      636       
  SINCE JAN 1   3077                      2553    524     2790       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    10   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     N (10)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    15   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     E (80)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     3.2                                         
                                                                     
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           200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     20           100 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    52                                                       
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THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   80        91      1972                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   57        36      1948                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER 18 2005.......SUNRISE   712 AM CDT   SUNSET   634 PM CDT   
OCTOBER 19 2005.......SUNRISE   713 AM CDT   SUNSET   633 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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