000 CDUS44 KLCH 181228 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 728 AM CDT TUE SEP 18 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 17 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 89 224 PM 100 1912 88 1 92 MINIMUM 63 551 AM 54 1961 69 -6 76 AVERAGE 76 79 -3 84 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 5.92 1963 0.18 -0.18 1.01 MONTH TO DATE 5.47 3.06 2.41 1.76 SINCE SEP 1 5.47 3.06 2.41 1.76 SINCE JAN 1 46.79 45.76 1.03 32.48 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 283 250 33 282 SINCE SEP 1 283 250 33 282 SINCE JAN 1 2586 2284 302 2775 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 9 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (70) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 13 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (60) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 2.4 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 84 400 AM LOWEST 34 100 PM AVERAGE 59 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 87 100 1933 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 68 47 1903 SUNRISE AND SUNSET SEPTEMBER 18 2007.....SUNRISE 654 AM CDT SUNSET 710 PM CDT SEPTEMBER 19 2007.....SUNRISE 654 AM CDT SUNSET 709 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$