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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA                            
629 AM CDT MON OCT 24 2005

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...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 23 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         81    214 PM  91    1934  79      2       88       
  MINIMUM         52   1159 PM  33    1923  56     -4       71       
  AVERAGE         67                        68     -1       80      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          4.07 1985   0.12  -0.12     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.31                      3.00  -2.69    11.18    
  SINCE SEP 1      7.46                      8.30  -0.84    12.69    
  SINCE JAN 1     31.01                     51.00 -19.99    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                        18    -18        5       
  SINCE SEP 1      0                        18    -18        5       
  SINCE JUL 1      0                        18    -18        5       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        2                         4     -2       15       
  MONTH TO DATE  233                       148     85      259       
  SINCE SEP 1    784                       546    238      736       
  SINCE JAN 1   3115                      2580    535     2890       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    25   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     N (10)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    32   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     N (10)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    11.3                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  HAZE                                                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    90           600 AM                                     
 LOWEST     28           200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    59                                                       
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THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   78        93      1919                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   55        31      1917                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER 24 2005.......SUNRISE   716 AM CDT   SUNSET   628 PM CDT   
OCTOBER 25 2005.......SUNRISE   717 AM CDT   SUNSET   627 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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