000 CDUS44 KLCH 191041 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 541 AM CDT THU OCT 19 2006 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 18 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 1047 AM 91 1972 80 3 87 MINIMUM 70 315 AM 36 1948 57 13 56 AVERAGE 77 69 8 72 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 1.40 4.90 1980 0.12 1.28 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 2.66 2.40 0.26 0.31 SINCE SEP 1 6.81 7.70 -0.89 7.46 SINCE JAN 1 37.53 50.40 -12.87 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 9 -9 0 SINCE SEP 1 0 9 -9 0 SINCE JUL 1 0 9 -9 0 COOLING YESTERDAY 12 5 7 7 MONTH TO DATE 143 126 17 202 SINCE SEP 1 568 524 44 753 SINCE JAN 1 3061 2558 503 3084 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (190) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 16 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (200) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 2.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 200 AM LOWEST 84 1200 AM AVERAGE 89 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 80 93 1921 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 57 33 1948 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 19 2006.......SUNRISE 713 AM CDT SUNSET 633 PM CDT OCTOBER 20 2006.......SUNRISE 713 AM CDT SUNSET 632 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$