000 CDUS44 KLCH 121245 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 745 AM CDT THU OCT 12 2006 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 11 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 84 410 PM 95 1912 82 2 88 MINIMUM 64 1159 PM 39 1906 60 4 63 AVERAGE 74 71 3 76 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.11 1977 0.13 -0.13 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.06 1.53 -1.47 0.31 SINCE SEP 1 4.21 6.83 -2.62 7.46 SINCE JAN 1 34.93 49.53 -14.60 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 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 2 -2 0 SINCE SEP 1 0 2 -2 0 SINCE JUL 1 0 2 -2 0 COOLING YESTERDAY 9 7 2 11 MONTH TO DATE 83 87 -4 136 SINCE SEP 1 508 485 23 687 SINCE JAN 1 3001 2519 482 3018 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (300) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 20 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (310) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 300 AM LOWEST 37 400 PM AVERAGE 65 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 82 91 1991 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 59 39 1906 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 12 2006.......SUNRISE 708 AM CDT SUNSET 640 PM CDT OCTOBER 13 2006.......SUNRISE 709 AM CDT SUNSET 639 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$