000 CDUS44 KLCH 111313 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 812 AM CDT TUE SEP 11 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 10 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 93 131 PM 101 1954 89 4 89 MINIMUM 72 557 AM 52 1918 70 2 73 AVERAGE 83 80 3 81 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 3.79 1965 0.18 -0.18 0.01 MONTH TO DATE 2.38 1.77 0.61 0.18 SINCE SEP 1 2.38 1.77 0.61 0.18 SINCE JAN 1 43.70 44.47 -0.77 30.90 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 16 MONTH TO DATE 183 154 29 161 SINCE SEP 1 183 154 29 161 SINCE JAN 1 2486 2188 298 2654 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (170) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 22 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (170) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 2.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 90 400 AM LOWEST 49 200 PM AVERAGE 70 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 89 98 1893 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 70 52 1918 SUNRISE AND SUNSET SEPTEMBER 11 2007.....SUNRISE 650 AM CDT SUNSET 719 PM CDT SEPTEMBER 12 2007.....SUNRISE 651 AM CDT SUNSET 717 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$