000 CDUS44 KLCH 281037 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 536 AM CDT FRI SEP 28 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 27 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 90 118 PM 95 2005 86 4 86 1953 MINIMUM 72 611 AM 42 1899 65 7 59 AVERAGE 81 76 5 73 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.01 3.67 1996 0.17 -0.16 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 6.12 4.82 1.30 4.00 SINCE SEP 1 6.12 4.82 1.30 4.00 SINCE JAN 1 47.44 47.52 -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 8 MONTH TO DATE 434 368 66 399 SINCE SEP 1 434 368 66 399 SINCE JAN 1 2737 2402 335 2892 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 12 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (30) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 16 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (40) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 2.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 87 1200 AM LOWEST 52 100 PM AVERAGE 70 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 85 96 1933 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 65 41 1896 SUNRISE AND SUNSET SEPTEMBER 28 2007.....SUNRISE 700 AM CDT SUNSET 657 PM CDT SEPTEMBER 29 2007.....SUNRISE 700 AM CDT SUNSET 656 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$