000 CDUS44 KLCH 061038 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 536 AM CDT FRI OCT 6 2006 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 5 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 92 324 PM 95 1912 84 8 91 MINIMUM 74 633 AM 46 1987 62 12 72 AVERAGE 83 73 10 82 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.25 1919 0.14 -0.14 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.00 0.73 -0.73 0.31 SINCE SEP 1 4.15 6.03 -1.88 7.46 SINCE JAN 1 34.87 48.73 -13.86 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 18 8 10 17 MONTH TO DATE 77 43 34 87 SINCE SEP 1 502 441 61 638 SINCE JAN 1 2995 2475 520 2969 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 10 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (190) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 13 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (190) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 87 1200 AM LOWEST 41 200 PM AVERAGE 64 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 83 96 1911 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 62 39 1932 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 6 2006.......SUNRISE 704 AM CDT SUNSET 647 PM CDT OCTOBER 7 2006.......SUNRISE 705 AM CDT SUNSET 646 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$