000 CDUS44 KLCH 041017 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 516 AM CDT MON SEP 4 2006 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 3 2006... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1893 TO 2006 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 92 414 PM 103 2000 90 2 95 MINIMUM 71 618 AM 59 1903 72 -1 73 AVERAGE 82 81 1 84 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 3.40 1934 0.17 -0.17 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.00 0.51 -0.51 0.02 SINCE SEP 1 0.00 0.51 -0.51 0.02 SINCE JAN 1 30.72 43.21 -12.49 23.57 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE SEP 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JUL 1 0 0 0 0 COOLING YESTERDAY 17 16 1 19 MONTH TO DATE 49 48 1 56 SINCE SEP 1 49 48 1 56 SINCE JAN 1 2542 2082 460 2387 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (20) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 17 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (20) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 79 400 AM LOWEST 38 400 PM AVERAGE 59 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 90 101 2000 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 72 56 1952 SUNRISE AND SUNSET SEPTEMBER 4 2006.....SUNRISE 646 AM CDT SUNSET 727 PM CDT SEPTEMBER 5 2006.....SUNRISE 647 AM CDT SUNSET 726 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$