000 CDUS44 KLCH 051033 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 533 AM CDT THU OCT 5 2006 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 4 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 90 251 PM 95 1924 84 6 90 MINIMUM 71 649 AM 44 1987 62 9 73 AVERAGE 81 73 8 82 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 3.85 1949 0.14 -0.14 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.00 0.59 -0.59 0.31 SINCE SEP 1 4.15 5.89 -1.74 7.46 SINCE JAN 1 34.87 48.59 -13.72 31.01 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.0 2002 0.0 0.0 0.0 2001 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE SEP 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 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 8 8 17 MONTH TO DATE 59 35 24 70 SINCE SEP 1 484 433 51 621 SINCE JAN 1 2977 2467 510 2952 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 5 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (240) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 6 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (270) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 2.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 200 AM LOWEST 50 200 PM AVERAGE 72 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 84 95 1912 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 62 46 1987 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 5 2006.......SUNRISE 704 AM CDT SUNSET 649 PM CDT OCTOBER 6 2006.......SUNRISE 704 AM CDT SUNSET 647 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$