000 CDUS44 KLCH 241030 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 530 AM CDT TUE OCT 24 2006 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 23 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 70 318 PM 91 1934 79 -9 81 MINIMUM 47 630 AM 33 1923 56 -9 52 AVERAGE 59 68 -9 67 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 4.07 1985 0.12 -0.12 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 4.70 3.00 1.70 0.31 SINCE SEP 1 8.85 8.30 0.55 7.46 SINCE JAN 1 39.57 51.00 -11.43 31.01 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM 0.0 2002 0.0 MM 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 6 2 4 0 MONTH TO DATE 11 18 -7 0 SINCE SEP 1 11 18 -7 0 SINCE JUL 1 11 18 -7 0 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 4 -4 2 MONTH TO DATE 154 148 6 233 SINCE SEP 1 579 546 33 784 SINCE JAN 1 3072 2580 492 3115 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (10) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 20 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (20) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.2 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 86 400 AM LOWEST 26 400 PM AVERAGE 56 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 78 93 1919 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 55 31 1917 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 24 2006.......SUNRISE 716 AM CDT SUNSET 628 PM CDT OCTOBER 25 2006.......SUNRISE 717 AM CDT SUNSET 627 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$