000 CDUS44 KLCH 021020 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 519 AM CDT MON OCT 2 2006 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 1 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 91 318 PM 96 1900 85 6 91 MINIMUM 69 631 AM 39 1920 64 5 73 AVERAGE 80 75 5 82 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.55 1962 0.15 -0.15 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.00 0.15 -0.15 0.00 SINCE SEP 1 4.15 5.45 -1.30 7.15 SINCE JAN 1 34.87 48.15 -13.28 30.70 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 15 9 6 17 MONTH TO DATE 15 9 6 17 SINCE SEP 1 440 407 33 568 SINCE JAN 1 2933 2441 492 2899 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 9 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (200) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 12 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (190) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 1.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 200 AM LOWEST 44 300 PM AVERAGE 69 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 84 95 1900 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 63 42 1924 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 2 2006.......SUNRISE 702 AM CDT SUNSET 652 PM CDT OCTOBER 3 2006.......SUNRISE 703 AM CDT SUNSET 651 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$