000 CDUS44 KLCH 171022 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 522 AM CDT MON SEP 17 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 16 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 88 309 PM 100 1933 88 0 92 MINIMUM 63 614 AM 48 1902 69 -6 75 AVERAGE 76 79 -3 84 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 4.63 1942 0.18 -0.18 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 5.47 2.88 2.59 0.75 SINCE SEP 1 5.47 2.88 2.59 0.75 SINCE JAN 1 46.79 45.58 1.21 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 11 13 -2 19 MONTH TO DATE 272 237 35 263 SINCE SEP 1 272 237 35 263 SINCE JAN 1 2575 2271 304 2756 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 10 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (40) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 14 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (10) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 84 600 AM LOWEST 34 300 PM AVERAGE 59 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 88 100 1912 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 69 54 1961 SUNRISE AND SUNSET SEPTEMBER 17 2007.....SUNRISE 653 AM CDT SUNSET 711 PM CDT SEPTEMBER 18 2007.....SUNRISE 654 AM CDT SUNSET 710 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$