000 CDUS44 KLCH 151042 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 541 AM CDT SUN OCT 15 2006 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 14 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 81 126 PM 91 1972 81 0 88 MINIMUM 53 640 AM 39 1907 59 -6 67 AVERAGE 67 70 -3 78 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.63 1925 0.13 -0.13 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.07 1.92 -1.85 0.31 SINCE SEP 1 4.22 7.22 -3.00 7.46 SINCE JAN 1 34.94 49.92 -14.98 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 5 -5 0 SINCE SEP 1 0 5 -5 0 SINCE JUL 1 0 5 -5 0 COOLING YESTERDAY 2 6 -4 13 MONTH TO DATE 95 105 -10 170 SINCE SEP 1 520 503 17 721 SINCE JAN 1 3013 2537 476 3052 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 10 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (110) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 15 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (100) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 72 1200 AM LOWEST 42 1200 PM AVERAGE 57 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 81 92 1919 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 58 39 1893 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 15 2006.......SUNRISE 710 AM CDT SUNSET 637 PM CDT OCTOBER 16 2006.......SUNRISE 711 AM CDT SUNSET 636 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$