000 CDUS44 KLCH 031017 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 517 AM CDT WED OCT 3 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 2 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 87 414 PM 95 1900 84 3 89 MINIMUM 64 632 AM 42 1924 63 1 69 AVERAGE 76 74 2 79 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.65 1921 0.15 -0.15 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.01 0.30 -0.29 0.00 SINCE SEP 1 6.26 5.60 0.66 4.15 SINCE JAN 1 47.58 48.30 -0.72 34.87 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.0 MM 0.0 0.0 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE SEP 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 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 11 9 2 14 MONTH TO DATE 23 18 5 29 SINCE SEP 1 504 416 88 454 SINCE JAN 1 2807 2450 357 2947 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 9 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (70) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 13 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (40) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 1.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 1200 AM LOWEST 31 200 PM AVERAGE 62 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 84 96 1900 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 63 47 1929 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 3 2007.......SUNRISE 702 AM CDT SUNSET 651 PM CDT OCTOBER 4 2007.......SUNRISE 703 AM CDT SUNSET 650 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$