000 CDUS44 KLCH 101729 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 1229 PM CDT TUE OCT 10 2006 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 9 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 85 204 PM 94 1941 83 2 81 MINIMUM 59 650 AM 39 1921 61 -2 59 AVERAGE 72 72 0 70 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.10 1918 0.13 -0.13 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.00 1.27 -1.27 0.31 SINCE SEP 1 4.15 6.57 -2.42 7.46 SINCE JAN 1 34.87 49.27 -14.40 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 7 7 0 5 MONTH TO DATE 66 73 -7 120 SINCE SEP 1 491 471 20 671 SINCE JAN 1 2984 2505 479 3002 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 9 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (60) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 12 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (80) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 2.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER MM WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST MM LOWEST MM AVERAGE MM .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 82 93 1931 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 60 36 1917 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 10 2006.......SUNRISE 707 AM CDT SUNSET 643 PM CDT OCTOBER 11 2006.......SUNRISE 707 AM CDT SUNSET 642 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$