000 CDUS44 KLCH 261029 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 529 AM CDT THU OCT 26 2006 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 25 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 74 252 PM 93 1919 78 -4 69 MINIMUM 60 642 AM 32 1917 55 5 45 AVERAGE 67 67 0 57 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 5.14 1996 0.12 -0.12 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 4.70 3.24 1.46 0.31 SINCE SEP 1 8.85 8.54 0.31 7.46 SINCE JAN 1 39.57 51.24 -11.67 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 8 MONTH TO DATE 15 22 -7 18 SINCE SEP 1 15 22 -7 18 SINCE JUL 1 15 22 -7 18 COOLING YESTERDAY 2 4 -2 0 MONTH TO DATE 193 156 37 233 SINCE SEP 1 618 554 64 784 SINCE JAN 1 3111 2588 523 3115 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 12 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (120) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 15 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (100) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 78 200 AM LOWEST 47 1100 AM AVERAGE 63 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 78 91 1919 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 55 36 1903 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 26 2006.......SUNRISE 718 AM CDT SUNSET 626 PM CDT OCTOBER 27 2006.......SUNRISE 718 AM CDT SUNSET 625 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$