000 CDUS44 KLCH 111117 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 614 AM CDT MON SEP 11 2006 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 10 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 89 242 PM 101 1954 89 0 94 MINIMUM 73 252 AM 52 1918 70 3 70 AVERAGE 81 80 1 82 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.01 3.79 1965 0.18 -0.17 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.18 1.77 -1.59 0.02 SINCE SEP 1 0.18 1.77 -1.59 0.02 SINCE JAN 1 30.90 44.47 -13.57 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 161 154 7 172 SINCE SEP 1 161 154 7 172 SINCE JAN 1 2654 2188 466 2503 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (160) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 17 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (140) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 200 AM LOWEST 55 100 PM AVERAGE 74 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 89 98 1893 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 70 52 1918 SUNRISE AND SUNSET SEPTEMBER 11 2006.....SUNRISE 650 AM CDT SUNSET 718 PM CDT SEPTEMBER 12 2006.....SUNRISE 651 AM CDT SUNSET 717 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$