000 CDUS44 KLCH 231037 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 536 AM CDT SUN SEP 23 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 22 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 90 1229 PM 97 1893 87 3 92 MINIMUM 71 649 AM 45 1897 67 4 79 AVERAGE 81 77 4 86 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.03 1.70 1928 0.18 -0.15 0.05 MONTH TO DATE 5.51 3.96 1.55 2.41 SINCE SEP 1 5.51 3.96 1.55 2.41 SINCE JAN 1 46.83 46.66 0.17 33.13 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 12 4 21 MONTH TO DATE 356 312 44 344 SINCE SEP 1 356 312 44 344 SINCE JAN 1 2659 2346 313 2837 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (30) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 22 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (360) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 87 1100 PM LOWEST 50 1200 PM AVERAGE 69 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 86 98 1893 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 67 45 1918 SUNRISE AND SUNSET SEPTEMBER 23 2007.....SUNRISE 657 AM CDT SUNSET 704 PM CDT SEPTEMBER 24 2007.....SUNRISE 657 AM CDT SUNSET 702 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$