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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA                            
535 AM CDT SAT OCT 21 2006

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...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 20 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         71    410 PM  91    1926  79     -8       86       
  MINIMUM         54    747 AM  33    1989  57     -3       60       
  AVERAGE         63                        68     -5       73      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.79 1902   0.12  -0.12     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    3.51                      2.64   0.87     0.31    
  SINCE SEP 1      7.66                      7.94  -0.28     7.46    
  SINCE JAN 1     38.38                     50.64 -12.26    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        2                         2      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    2                        12    -10        0       
  SINCE SEP 1      2                        12    -10        0       
  SINCE JUL 1      2                        12    -10        0       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         5     -5        8       
  MONTH TO DATE  150                       136     14      217       
  SINCE SEP 1    575                       534     41      768       
  SINCE JAN 1   3068                      2568    500     3099       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    18   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     N (10)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    22   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     N (20)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     7.8                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    84           100 AM                                     
 LOWEST     44           100 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    64                                                       
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THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   79        92      1936                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   56        35      1917                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER 21 2006.......SUNRISE   714 AM CDT   SUNSET   631 PM CDT   
OCTOBER 22 2006.......SUNRISE   715 AM CDT   SUNSET   630 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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