000 CDUS44 KLCH 251158 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 657 AM CDT TUE SEP 25 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 24 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 84 215 PM 97 1912 86 -2 86 MINIMUM 76 1159 PM 47 1897 67 9 70 AVERAGE 80 77 3 78 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.05 3.30 2005 0.17 -0.12 0.53 MONTH TO DATE 5.93 4.31 1.62 4.00 SINCE SEP 1 5.93 4.31 1.62 4.00 SINCE JAN 1 47.25 47.01 0.24 34.72 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 11 4 13 MONTH TO DATE 387 335 52 377 SINCE SEP 1 387 335 52 377 SINCE JAN 1 2690 2369 321 2870 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 7 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (90) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 10 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (90) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 2.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 87 1200 AM LOWEST 69 200 PM AVERAGE 78 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 86 97 1921 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 66 52 1909 SUNRISE AND SUNSET SEPTEMBER 25 2007.....SUNRISE 658 AM CDT SUNSET 701 PM CDT SEPTEMBER 26 2007.....SUNRISE 658 AM CDT SUNSET 700 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$