000 CDUS44 KLCH 011245 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 745 AM CDT MON OCT 1 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 30 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 90 127 PM 97 1928 85 5 89 MINIMUM 73 613 AM 45 1967 64 9 65 AVERAGE 82 75 7 77 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.02 4.10 1898 0.16 -0.14 0.12 MONTH TO DATE 6.25 5.30 0.95 4.15 SINCE SEP 1 6.25 5.30 0.95 4.15 SINCE JAN 1 47.57 48.00 -0.43 34.87 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 17 10 7 12 MONTH TO DATE 481 398 83 425 SINCE SEP 1 481 398 83 425 SINCE JAN 1 2784 2432 352 2918 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (170) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 22 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (170) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 2.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. RAIN FOG FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 94 800 AM LOWEST 56 100 PM AVERAGE 75 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 85 96 1900 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 64 39 1920 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 1 2007.......SUNRISE 701 AM CDT SUNSET 654 PM CDT OCTOBER 2 2007.......SUNRISE 702 AM CDT SUNSET 652 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$