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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA                            
745 AM CDT FRI OCT 28 2005

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...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 27 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         72    152 PM  91    1921  77     -5       88       
  MINIMUM         42    609 AM  31    1898  55    -13       70       
  AVERAGE         57                        66     -9       79      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          5.87 1991   0.13  -0.13     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.31                      3.50  -3.19    11.27    
  SINCE SEP 1      7.46                      8.80  -1.34    12.78    
  SINCE JAN 1     31.01                     51.50 -20.49    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        8                         3      5        0       
  MONTH TO DATE   36                        27      9        5       
  SINCE SEP 1     36                        27      9        5       
  SINCE JUL 1     36                        27      9        5       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         3     -3       14       
  MONTH TO DATE  233                       163     70      313       
  SINCE SEP 1    784                       561    223      790       
  SINCE JAN 1   3115                      2595    520     2944       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    17   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     N (10)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    23   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     N (10)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     6.3                                         
                                                                     
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    83           300 AM                                     
 LOWEST     26           400 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    55                                                       
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THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   77        89      1919                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   54        31      1898                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER 28 2005.......SUNRISE   719 AM CDT   SUNSET   624 PM CDT   
OCTOBER 29 2005.......SUNRISE   720 AM CDT   SUNSET   623 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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