000 CDUS44 KLCH 281042 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 540 AM CDT SAT OCT 28 2006 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 27 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 78 344 AM 91 1921 77 1 72 MINIMUM 59 1159 PM 31 1898 55 4 42 AVERAGE 69 66 3 57 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.17 5.87 1991 0.13 0.04 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 7.26 3.50 3.76 0.31 SINCE SEP 1 11.41 8.80 2.61 7.46 SINCE JAN 1 42.13 51.50 -9.37 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 3 -3 8 MONTH TO DATE 15 27 -12 36 SINCE SEP 1 15 27 -12 36 SINCE JUL 1 15 27 -12 36 COOLING YESTERDAY 4 3 1 0 MONTH TO DATE 205 163 42 233 SINCE SEP 1 630 561 69 784 SINCE JAN 1 3123 2595 528 3115 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 25 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (310) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 33 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (260) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 14.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 90 700 AM LOWEST 38 200 PM AVERAGE 64 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 77 89 1919 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 54 31 1898 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 28 2006.......SUNRISE 719 AM CDT SUNSET 624 PM CDT OCTOBER 29 2006.......SUNRISE 620 AM CST SUNSET 523 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$