000 CDUS44 KLCH 081048 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 547 AM CDT SAT SEP 8 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 7 2007... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1893 TO 2007 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 91 143 PM 100 1925 89 2 92 MINIMUM 75 300 PM 51 1918 71 4 68 AVERAGE 83 80 3 80 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 1.43 2.80 1893 0.18 1.25 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 2.38 1.23 1.15 0.00 SINCE SEP 1 2.38 1.23 1.15 0.00 SINCE JAN 1 43.70 43.93 -0.23 30.72 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE SEP 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JUL 1 0 0 0 0 COOLING YESTERDAY 18 15 3 15 MONTH TO DATE 128 109 19 113 SINCE SEP 1 128 109 19 113 SINCE JAN 1 2431 2143 288 2606 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 24 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (250) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 29 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (250) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 87 300 AM LOWEST 60 1200 PM AVERAGE 74 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 89 99 1925 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 71 51 1918 SUNRISE AND SUNSET SEPTEMBER 8 2007.....SUNRISE 648 AM CDT SUNSET 722 PM CDT SEPTEMBER 9 2007.....SUNRISE 649 AM CDT SUNSET 721 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$