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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA                            
529 AM CDT WED OCT 19 2005

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...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 18 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    312 PM  91    1972  80      7       86       
  MINIMUM         56    537 AM  36    1948  57     -1       73       
  AVERAGE         72                        69      3       80      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          4.90 1980   0.12  -0.12     0.04    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.31                      2.40  -2.09    11.18    
  SINCE SEP 1      7.46                      7.70  -0.24    12.69    
  SINCE JAN 1     31.01                     50.40 -19.39    67.75    
                                                                     
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                         9     -9        5       
  SINCE SEP 1      0                         9     -9        5       
  SINCE JUL 1      0                         9     -9        5       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        7                         5      2       15       
  MONTH TO DATE  202                       126     76      174       
  SINCE SEP 1    753                       524    229      651       
  SINCE JAN 1   3084                      2558    526     2805       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED     8   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NE (50)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    12   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     E (100)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     1.2                                         
                                                                     
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    86           400 AM                                     
 LOWEST     29           100 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    58                                                       
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THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   80        93      1921                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   57        33      1948                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER 19 2005.......SUNRISE   713 AM CDT   SUNSET   633 PM CDT   
OCTOBER 20 2005.......SUNRISE   714 AM CDT   SUNSET   632 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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