000 CDUS44 KLCH 221041 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 539 AM CDT SUN OCT 22 2006 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 21 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 78 1246 PM 92 1936 79 -1 88 MINIMUM 59 149 AM 35 1917 56 3 65 AVERAGE 69 68 1 77 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 1.19 1.75 1898 0.12 1.07 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 4.70 2.76 1.94 0.31 SINCE SEP 1 8.85 8.06 0.79 7.46 SINCE JAN 1 39.57 50.76 -11.19 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 2 -2 0 MONTH TO DATE 2 14 -12 0 SINCE SEP 1 2 14 -12 0 SINCE JUL 1 2 14 -12 0 COOLING YESTERDAY 4 4 0 12 MONTH TO DATE 154 140 14 229 SINCE SEP 1 579 538 41 780 SINCE JAN 1 3072 2572 500 3111 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (260) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 18 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (240) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 900 PM LOWEST 64 1000 AM AVERAGE 79 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 79 92 1939 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 56 36 1917 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 22 2006.......SUNRISE 715 AM CDT SUNSET 630 PM CDT OCTOBER 23 2006.......SUNRISE 715 AM CDT SUNSET 629 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$