000 CDUS44 KLCH 011254 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 654 AM CST TUE NOV 1 2005 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 31 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 81 143 PM 91 1912 76 5 87 MINIMUM 52 548 AM 27 1917 53 -1 69 AVERAGE 67 65 2 78 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.43 2.30 1895 0.13 0.30 0.12 MONTH TO DATE 0.74 4.02 -3.28 11.40 SINCE SEP 1 7.89 9.32 -1.43 12.91 SINCE JAN 1 31.44 52.02 -20.58 67.97 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.0 2002 0.0 0.0 0.0 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 3 -3 0 MONTH TO DATE 54 39 15 5 SINCE SEP 1 54 39 15 5 SINCE JUL 1 54 39 15 5 COOLING YESTERDAY 2 3 -1 13 MONTH TO DATE 235 175 60 364 SINCE SEP 1 786 573 213 841 SINCE JAN 1 3117 2607 510 2995 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 25 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (310) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 33 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (310) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 90 400 AM LOWEST 39 100 PM AVERAGE 65 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 76 91 1934 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 53 30 1917 SUNRISE AND SUNSET NOVEMBER 1 2005......SUNRISE 622 AM CST SUNSET 520 PM CST NOVEMBER 2 2005......SUNRISE 623 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. $$