000 CDUS44 KLCH 220927 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 426 AM CDT SAT OCT 22 2005 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 21 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 88 258 PM 92 1936 79 9 90 MINIMUM 65 1159 PM 35 1917 56 9 75 AVERAGE 77 68 9 83 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.75 1898 0.12 -0.12 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.31 2.76 -2.45 11.18 SINCE SEP 1 7.46 8.06 -0.60 12.69 SINCE JAN 1 31.01 50.76 -19.75 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 2 -2 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 14 -14 5 SINCE SEP 1 0 14 -14 5 SINCE JUL 1 0 14 -14 5 COOLING YESTERDAY 12 4 8 18 MONTH TO DATE 229 140 89 227 SINCE SEP 1 780 538 242 704 SINCE JAN 1 3111 2572 539 2858 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (360) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 18 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (360) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 300 AM LOWEST 34 500 PM AVERAGE 64 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 79 92 1939 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 56 36 1917 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 22 2005.......SUNRISE 715 AM CDT SUNSET 630 PM CDT OCTOBER 23 2005.......SUNRISE 716 AM CDT SUNSET 629 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$