000 CDUS44 KLCH 121036 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 535 AM CDT WED SEP 12 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 11 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 1107 AM 98 1893 89 2 88 MINIMUM 75 549 AM 52 1918 70 5 74 AVERAGE 83 80 3 81 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 5.10 1998 0.18 -0.18 T MONTH TO DATE 2.38 1.95 0.43 0.18 SINCE SEP 1 2.38 1.95 0.43 0.18 SINCE JAN 1 43.70 44.65 -0.95 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 14 4 16 MONTH TO DATE 201 168 33 177 SINCE SEP 1 201 168 33 177 SINCE JAN 1 2504 2202 302 2670 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (190) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 21 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (190) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM LIGHT RAIN RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 87 200 AM LOWEST 56 1100 AM AVERAGE 72 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 88 99 1912 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 70 50 1940 SUNRISE AND SUNSET SEPTEMBER 12 2007.....SUNRISE 651 AM CDT SUNSET 717 PM CDT SEPTEMBER 13 2007.....SUNRISE 651 AM CDT SUNSET 716 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$