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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA                            
534 AM CDT SAT OCT 14 2006

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...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 13 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             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         75    324 PM  91    1991  81     -6       87       
  MINIMUM         58   1159 PM  41    1946  59     -1       63       
  AVERAGE         67                        70     -3       75      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.01          4.16 1995   0.13  -0.12     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.07                      1.79  -1.72     0.31    
  SINCE SEP 1      4.22                      7.09  -2.87     7.46    
  SINCE JAN 1     34.94                     49.79 -14.85    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                         4     -4        0       
  SINCE SEP 1      0                         4     -4        0       
  SINCE JUL 1      0                         4     -4        0       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        2                         6     -4       10       
  MONTH TO DATE   93                        99     -6      157       
  SINCE SEP 1    518                       497     21      708       
  SINCE JAN 1   3011                      2531    480     3039       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    20   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NE (30)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    23   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NE (30)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     8.5                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    72           700 AM                                     
 LOWEST     29           200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    51                                                       
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THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   81        91      1972                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   59        39      1907                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER 14 2006.......SUNRISE   709 AM CDT   SUNSET   638 PM CDT   
OCTOBER 15 2006.......SUNRISE   710 AM CDT   SUNSET   637 PM CDT   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.                                          


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