000 CDUS44 KLCH 311053 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 453 AM CST MON OCT 31 2005 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 30 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 79 244 PM 90 1912 76 3 88 MINIMUM 43 602 AM 30 1917 54 -11 69 AVERAGE 61 65 -4 79 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 3.53 1967 0.13 -0.13 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.31 3.89 -3.58 11.28 SINCE SEP 1 7.46 9.19 -1.73 12.79 SINCE JAN 1 31.01 51.89 -20.88 67.85 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM 0.0 2002 0.0 MM 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 4 3 1 0 MONTH TO DATE 54 36 18 5 SINCE SEP 1 54 36 18 5 SINCE JUL 1 54 36 18 5 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 3 -3 14 MONTH TO DATE 233 172 61 351 SINCE SEP 1 784 570 214 828 SINCE JAN 1 3115 2604 511 2982 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 13 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (130) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 14 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (140) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 89 700 AM LOWEST 28 300 PM AVERAGE 59 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 76 91 1912 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 53 27 1917 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 31 2005.......SUNRISE 622 AM CST SUNSET 521 PM CST NOVEMBER 1 2005......SUNRISE 622 AM CST SUNSET 520 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$