000 CDUS44 KLCH 151227 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 726 AM CDT SAT SEP 15 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 14 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 88 408 PM 100 1912 88 0 90 MINIMUM 73 551 AM 46 1902 70 3 69 AVERAGE 81 79 2 80 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.57 1941 0.19 -0.19 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 5.47 2.52 2.95 0.75 SINCE SEP 1 5.47 2.52 2.95 0.75 SINCE JAN 1 46.79 45.22 1.57 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 16 14 2 15 MONTH TO DATE 247 210 37 229 SINCE SEP 1 247 210 37 229 SINCE JAN 1 2550 2244 306 2722 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (20) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 20 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (80) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 87 100 AM LOWEST 55 1200 PM AVERAGE 71 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 88 98 1893 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 69 48 1902 SUNRISE AND SUNSET SEPTEMBER 15 2007.....SUNRISE 652 AM CDT SUNSET 714 PM CDT SEPTEMBER 16 2007.....SUNRISE 653 AM CDT SUNSET 712 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$