000 CDUS44 KLCH 141106 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 606 AM CDT FRI SEP 14 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 13 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 85 239 PM 98 1893 88 -3 91 MINIMUM 75 945 AM 48 1940 70 5 74 AVERAGE 80 79 1 83 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 2.48R 2.19 1961 0.19 2.29 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 5.47 2.33 3.14 0.75 SINCE SEP 1 5.47 2.33 3.14 0.75 SINCE JAN 1 46.79 45.03 1.76 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 18 MONTH TO DATE 231 196 35 214 SINCE SEP 1 231 196 35 214 SINCE JAN 1 2534 2230 304 2707 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 24 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (190) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 32 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (200) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 87 1200 AM LOWEST 69 600 PM AVERAGE 78 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 88 100 1912 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 70 46 1902 SUNRISE AND SUNSET SEPTEMBER 14 2007.....SUNRISE 652 AM CDT SUNSET 715 PM CDT SEPTEMBER 15 2007.....SUNRISE 652 AM CDT SUNSET 714 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$