000 CDUS44 KLCH 201245 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 745 AM CDT THU SEP 20 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 19 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 89 323 PM 99 1912 87 2 86 MINIMUM 70 624 AM 46 1901 68 2 66 AVERAGE 80 78 2 76 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.01 2.46 1918 0.18 -0.17 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 5.48 3.42 2.06 2.06 SINCE SEP 1 5.48 3.42 2.06 2.06 SINCE JAN 1 46.80 46.12 0.68 32.78 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 13 2 11 MONTH TO DATE 314 276 38 310 SINCE SEP 1 314 276 38 310 SINCE JAN 1 2617 2310 307 2803 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 12 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (30) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 17 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (30) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 90 200 AM LOWEST 43 200 PM AVERAGE 67 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 87 100 1933 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 68 47 1901 SUNRISE AND SUNSET SEPTEMBER 20 2007.....SUNRISE 655 AM CDT SUNSET 707 PM CDT SEPTEMBER 21 2007.....SUNRISE 656 AM CDT SUNSET 706 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$