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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA                            
513 AM CDT THU OCT 27 2005

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...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 26 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         69    350 PM  91    1919  78     -9       87       
  MINIMUM         41    614 AM  36    1903  55    -14       66       
  AVERAGE         55                        67    -12       77      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.45 1988   0.13  -0.13      T      
  MONTH TO DATE    0.31                      3.37  -3.06    11.27    
  SINCE SEP 1      7.46                      8.67  -1.21    12.78    
  SINCE JAN 1     31.01                     51.37 -20.36    67.84    
                                                                     
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       10                         2      8        0       
  MONTH TO DATE   28                        24      4        5       
  SINCE SEP 1     28                        24      4        5       
  SINCE JUL 1     28                        24      4        5       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         4     -4       12       
  MONTH TO DATE  233                       160     73      299       
  SINCE SEP 1    784                       558    226      776       
  SINCE JAN 1   3115                      2592    523     2930       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    10   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NE (30)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    14   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (310)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     2.5                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  HAZE                                                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    82           200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     27           400 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    55                                                       
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THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   77        91      1921                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   55        31      1898                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER 27 2005.......SUNRISE   719 AM CDT   SUNSET   625 PM CDT   
OCTOBER 28 2005.......SUNRISE   719 AM CDT   SUNSET   624 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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