000 CDUS44 KLCH 261054 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 552 AM CDT WED SEP 26 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 25 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 86 126 PM 97 1921 86 0 81 MINIMUM 73 1159 PM 52 1909 66 7 63 AVERAGE 80 76 4 72 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.18 1.32 1932 0.17 0.01 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 6.11 4.48 1.63 4.00 SINCE SEP 1 6.11 4.48 1.63 4.00 SINCE JAN 1 47.43 47.18 0.25 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 7 MONTH TO DATE 402 346 56 384 SINCE SEP 1 402 346 56 384 SINCE JAN 1 2705 2380 325 2877 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 13 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (110) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 21 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (100) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 2.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 87 1200 AM LOWEST 70 1200 PM AVERAGE 79 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 86 97 1931 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 66 43 1899 SUNRISE AND SUNSET SEPTEMBER 26 2007.....SUNRISE 658 AM CDT SUNSET 700 PM CDT SEPTEMBER 27 2007.....SUNRISE 659 AM CDT SUNSET 659 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$