000 CDUS44 KLCH 021040 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 540 AM CDT TUE OCT 2 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 1 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 87 208 PM 96 1900 85 2 91 MINIMUM 67 1159 PM 39 1920 64 3 69 AVERAGE 77 75 2 80 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.55 1962 0.15 -0.15 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.00 0.15 -0.15 0.00 SINCE SEP 1 6.25 5.45 0.80 4.15 SINCE JAN 1 47.57 48.15 -0.58 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 12 9 3 15 MONTH TO DATE 12 9 3 15 SINCE SEP 1 493 407 86 440 SINCE JAN 1 2796 2441 355 2933 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 7 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (60) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 10 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (70) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 2.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 90 400 AM LOWEST 43 200 PM AVERAGE 67 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 84 95 1900 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 63 42 1924 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 2 2007.......SUNRISE 702 AM CDT SUNSET 652 PM CDT OCTOBER 3 2007.......SUNRISE 702 AM CDT SUNSET 651 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$