000 CDUS44 KLCH 101117 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 616 AM CDT SUN SEP 10 2006 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 9 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 86 410 PM 98 1902 89 -3 93 MINIMUM 75 1159 PM 55 1918 71 4 70 AVERAGE 81 80 1 82 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.17 2.16 1894 0.18 -0.01 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.17 1.59 -1.42 0.02 SINCE SEP 1 0.17 1.59 -1.42 0.02 SINCE JAN 1 30.89 44.29 -13.40 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 16 15 1 17 MONTH TO DATE 145 139 6 155 SINCE SEP 1 145 139 6 155 SINCE JAN 1 2638 2173 465 2486 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 12 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (180) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 15 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (170) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 2.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 87 500 AM LOWEST 61 300 PM AVERAGE 74 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 89 101 1954 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 70 52 1918 SUNRISE AND SUNSET SEPTEMBER 10 2006.....SUNRISE 650 AM CDT SUNSET 720 PM CDT SEPTEMBER 11 2006.....SUNRISE 650 AM CDT SUNSET 718 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$