000 CDUS44 KLCH 111226 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 725 AM CDT WED OCT 11 2006 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 10 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 83 120 PM 93 1931 82 1 81 MINIMUM 62 536 AM 36 1917 60 2 58 AVERAGE 73 71 2 70 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.06 2.29 2003 0.13 -0.07 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.06 1.40 -1.34 0.31 SINCE SEP 1 4.21 6.70 -2.49 7.46 SINCE JAN 1 34.93 49.40 -14.47 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 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 1 -1 0 SINCE SEP 1 0 1 -1 0 SINCE JUL 1 0 1 -1 0 COOLING YESTERDAY 8 7 1 5 MONTH TO DATE 74 80 -6 125 SINCE SEP 1 499 478 21 676 SINCE JAN 1 2992 2512 480 3007 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 5 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (40) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 5 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (40) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 2.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 90 1000 PM LOWEST 43 1200 PM AVERAGE 67 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 82 95 1912 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 60 39 1906 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 11 2006.......SUNRISE 707 AM CDT SUNSET 642 PM CDT OCTOBER 12 2006.......SUNRISE 708 AM CDT SUNSET 640 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$