000 CDUS44 KLCH 271042 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 541 AM CDT THU SEP 27 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 26 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 89 332 PM 97 1931 86 3 84 MINIMUM 73 237 AM 43 1899 66 7 59 AVERAGE 81 76 5 72 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 4.67 1913 0.17 -0.17 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 6.11 4.65 1.46 4.00 SINCE SEP 1 6.11 4.65 1.46 4.00 SINCE JAN 1 47.43 47.35 0.08 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 16 11 5 7 MONTH TO DATE 418 357 61 391 SINCE SEP 1 418 357 61 391 SINCE JAN 1 2721 2391 330 2884 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 9 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (30) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 11 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (40) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 2.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 94 800 AM LOWEST 53 100 PM AVERAGE 74 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 86 95 2005 1953 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 65 42 1899 SUNRISE AND SUNSET SEPTEMBER 27 2007.....SUNRISE 659 AM CDT SUNSET 659 PM CDT SEPTEMBER 28 2007.....SUNRISE 700 AM CDT SUNSET 657 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$