000 CDUS44 KLCH 231012 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 512 AM CDT SAT SEP 23 2006 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 22 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 92 142 PM 97 1893 87 5 95 MINIMUM 79 1226 AM 45 1897 67 12 73 AVERAGE 86 77 9 84 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.05 1.70 1928 0.18 -0.13 0.01 MONTH TO DATE 2.41 3.96 -1.55 0.90 SINCE SEP 1 2.41 3.96 -1.55 0.90 SINCE JAN 1 33.13 46.66 -13.53 24.45 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 21 12 9 19 MONTH TO DATE 344 312 32 410 SINCE SEP 1 344 312 32 410 SINCE JAN 1 2837 2346 491 2741 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 24 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (190) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 29 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (210) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 91 1200 AM LOWEST 56 1200 PM AVERAGE 74 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 86 98 1893 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 67 45 1918 SUNRISE AND SUNSET SEPTEMBER 23 2006.....SUNRISE 657 AM CDT SUNSET 703 PM CDT SEPTEMBER 24 2006.....SUNRISE 657 AM CDT SUNSET 702 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$