000 CDUS44 KLCH 171038 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 537 AM CDT TUE OCT 17 2006 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 16 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 83 327 PM 91 1947 81 2 87 MINIMUM 73 355 AM 39 1901 58 15 58 AVERAGE 78 70 8 73 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.95 1.54 1971 0.12 0.83 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.26 2.16 -0.90 0.31 SINCE SEP 1 5.41 7.46 -2.05 7.46 SINCE JAN 1 36.13 50.16 -14.03 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 7 -7 0 SINCE SEP 1 0 7 -7 0 SINCE JUL 1 0 7 -7 0 COOLING YESTERDAY 13 5 8 8 MONTH TO DATE 115 116 -1 186 SINCE SEP 1 540 514 26 737 SINCE JAN 1 3033 2548 485 3068 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 26 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (170) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 37 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (170) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 16.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 87 1200 AM LOWEST 74 100 PM AVERAGE 81 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 80 92 1936 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 58 38 1943 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 17 2006.......SUNRISE 711 AM CDT SUNSET 635 PM CDT OCTOBER 18 2006.......SUNRISE 712 AM CDT SUNSET 634 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$