000 CDUS44 KLCH 301030 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 530 AM CDT SUN SEP 30 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 29 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 90 321 PM 95 1953 85 5 81 MINIMUM 68 602 AM 42 1896 65 3 57 AVERAGE 79 75 4 69 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.11 1.45 1898 0.16 -0.05 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 6.23 5.14 1.09 4.03 SINCE SEP 1 6.23 5.14 1.09 4.03 SINCE JAN 1 47.55 47.84 -0.29 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 14 10 4 4 MONTH TO DATE 464 388 76 413 SINCE SEP 1 464 388 76 413 SINCE JAN 1 2767 2422 345 2906 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (190) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 16 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (190) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 2.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 87 1000 PM LOWEST 50 200 PM AVERAGE 69 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 85 97 1928 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 64 45 1967 SUNRISE AND SUNSET SEPTEMBER 30 2007.....SUNRISE 701 AM CDT SUNSET 655 PM CDT OCTOBER 1 2007.......SUNRISE 701 AM CDT SUNSET 654 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$