000 CDUS44 KLCH 291035 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 534 AM CDT SAT SEP 29 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 28 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 90 331 PM 96 1933 85 5 88 MINIMUM 71 1151 PM 41 1896 65 6 62 AVERAGE 81 75 6 75 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 3.66 1976 0.16 -0.16 0.03 MONTH TO DATE 6.12 4.98 1.14 4.03 SINCE SEP 1 6.12 4.98 1.14 4.03 SINCE JAN 1 47.44 47.68 -0.24 34.75 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 10 6 10 MONTH TO DATE 450 378 72 409 SINCE SEP 1 450 378 72 409 SINCE JAN 1 2753 2412 341 2902 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 13 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (10) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 16 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (10) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 84 100 AM LOWEST 38 400 PM AVERAGE 61 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 85 95 1953 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 65 42 1896 SUNRISE AND SUNSET SEPTEMBER 29 2007.....SUNRISE 700 AM CDT SUNSET 656 PM CDT SEPTEMBER 30 2007.....SUNRISE 701 AM CDT SUNSET 655 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$