000 CDUS44 KLCH 181009 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 509 AM CDT MON SEP 18 2006 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 17 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 1052 AM 100 1912 88 4 94 MINIMUM 76 624 AM 54 1961 69 7 77 AVERAGE 84 79 5 86 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 1.01 5.92 1963 0.18 0.83 0.01 MONTH TO DATE 1.76 3.06 -1.30 0.89 SINCE SEP 1 1.76 3.06 -1.30 0.89 SINCE JAN 1 32.48 45.76 -13.28 24.44 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 19 13 6 21 MONTH TO DATE 282 250 32 304 SINCE SEP 1 282 250 32 304 SINCE JAN 1 2775 2284 491 2635 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 22 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (200) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 26 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (210) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 91 1200 AM LOWEST 56 1100 AM AVERAGE 74 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 87 100 1933 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 68 47 1903 SUNRISE AND SUNSET SEPTEMBER 18 2006.....SUNRISE 654 AM CDT SUNSET 710 PM CDT SEPTEMBER 19 2006.....SUNRISE 655 AM CDT SUNSET 708 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$