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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA                            
430 AM CST SUN OCT 29 2006

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...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 28 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             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         71    404 PM  89    1919  77     -6       70       
  MINIMUM         53   1141 PM  31    1898  54     -1       45       
  AVERAGE         62                        66     -4       58      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.55 1985   0.13  -0.13     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    7.26                      3.63   3.63     0.31    
  SINCE SEP 1     11.41                      8.93   2.48     7.46    
  SINCE JAN 1     42.13                     51.63  -9.50    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        3                         3      0        7       
  MONTH TO DATE   18                        30    -12       43       
  SINCE SEP 1     18                        30    -12       43       
  SINCE JUL 1     18                        30    -12       43       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         3     -3        0       
  MONTH TO DATE  205                       166     39      233       
  SINCE SEP 1    630                       564     66      784       
  SINCE JAN 1   3123                      2598    525     3115       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    21   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (320)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    28   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (320)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     7.8                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    86           800 PM                                     
 LOWEST     35           400 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    61                                                       
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THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   77        89      1950                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   54        30      1910                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER 29 2006.......SUNRISE   620 AM CST   SUNSET   523 PM CST   
OCTOBER 30 2006.......SUNRISE   621 AM CST   SUNSET   522 PM CST   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.                                          


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