000 CDUS44 KLCH 221228 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 728 AM CDT SAT SEP 22 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 21 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 91 304 PM 99 1921 87 4 79 MINIMUM 66 603 AM 48 1899 68 -2 60 AVERAGE 79 78 1 70 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.96 2001 0.18 -0.18 0.30 MONTH TO DATE 5.48 3.78 1.70 2.36 SINCE SEP 1 5.48 3.78 1.70 2.36 SINCE JAN 1 46.80 46.48 0.32 33.08 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 14 12 2 5 MONTH TO DATE 340 300 40 323 SINCE SEP 1 340 300 40 323 SINCE JAN 1 2643 2334 309 2816 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (20) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 18 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (360) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.8 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 81 400 AM LOWEST 38 100 PM AVERAGE 60 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 87 97 1893 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 67 45 1897 SUNRISE AND SUNSET SEPTEMBER 22 2007.....SUNRISE 656 AM CDT SUNSET 705 PM CDT SEPTEMBER 23 2007.....SUNRISE 657 AM CDT SUNSET 704 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$