000 CDUS44 KLCH 271237 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 737 AM CDT FRI OCT 27 2006 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 26 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 77 958 AM 91 1919 78 -1 69 MINIMUM 68 623 AM 36 1903 55 13 41 AVERAGE 73 67 6 55 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 2.39R 2.39 2006 0.13 2.26 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 7.09 3.37 3.72 0.31 SINCE SEP 1 11.24 8.67 2.57 7.46 SINCE JAN 1 41.96 51.37 -9.41 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 10 MONTH TO DATE 15 24 -9 28 SINCE SEP 1 15 24 -9 28 SINCE JUL 1 15 24 -9 28 COOLING YESTERDAY 8 4 4 0 MONTH TO DATE 201 160 41 233 SINCE SEP 1 626 558 68 784 SINCE JAN 1 3119 2592 527 3115 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (160) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 20 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (170) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 400 PM LOWEST 70 1200 AM AVERAGE 82 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 77 91 1921 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 55 31 1898 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 27 2006.......SUNRISE 718 AM CDT SUNSET 625 PM CDT OCTOBER 28 2006.......SUNRISE 719 AM CDT SUNSET 624 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$