000 CDUS44 KLCH 131245 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 745 AM CDT THU SEP 13 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 12 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 86 1104 AM 99 1912 88 -2 92 MINIMUM 74 1145 PM 50 1940 70 4 76 AVERAGE 80 79 1 84 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.61 1.96 1973 0.19 0.42 0.57 MONTH TO DATE 2.99 2.14 0.85 0.75 SINCE SEP 1 2.99 2.14 0.85 0.75 SINCE JAN 1 44.31 44.84 -0.53 31.47 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 15 14 1 19 MONTH TO DATE 216 182 34 196 SINCE SEP 1 216 182 34 196 SINCE JAN 1 2519 2216 303 2689 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (260) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 20 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (170) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 300 AM LOWEST 65 900 AM AVERAGE 79 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 88 98 1893 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 70 48 1940 SUNRISE AND SUNSET SEPTEMBER 13 2007.....SUNRISE 651 AM CDT SUNSET 716 PM CDT SEPTEMBER 14 2007.....SUNRISE 652 AM CDT SUNSET 715 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$