000 CDUS44 KLCH 091654 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 1154 AM CDT MON OCT 9 2006 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 8 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 83 320 PM 95 1912 83 0 78 MINIMUM 55 641 AM 36 1952 61 -6 59 AVERAGE 69 72 -3 69 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 5.75 2004 0.13 -0.13 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.00 1.14 -1.14 0.31 SINCE SEP 1 4.15 6.44 -2.29 7.46 SINCE JAN 1 34.87 49.14 -14.27 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 MM 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 4 7 -3 4 MONTH TO DATE 63 66 -3 115 SINCE SEP 1 488 464 24 666 SINCE JAN 1 2981 2498 483 2997 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 2 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (360) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 2 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (360) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 2.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER MM WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST MM LOWEST MM AVERAGE MM .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 83 94 1941 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 61 39 1921 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 9 2006.......SUNRISE 706 AM CDT SUNSET 644 PM CDT OCTOBER 10 2006.......SUNRISE 707 AM CDT SUNSET 643 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$