000 CDUS44 KLCH 041043 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 543 AM CDT THU OCT 4 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 3 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 89 320 PM 96 1900 84 5 89 MINIMUM 64 625 AM 47 1929 63 1 69 AVERAGE 77 74 3 79 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 7.10 1964 0.15 -0.15 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.01 0.45 -0.44 0.00 SINCE SEP 1 6.26 5.75 0.51 4.15 SINCE JAN 1 47.58 48.45 -0.87 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 12 9 3 14 MONTH TO DATE 35 27 8 43 SINCE SEP 1 516 425 91 468 SINCE JAN 1 2819 2459 360 2961 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (40) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 18 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (350) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 87 500 AM LOWEST 37 200 PM AVERAGE 62 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 84 95 1924 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 62 44 1987 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 4 2007.......SUNRISE 703 AM CDT SUNSET 650 PM CDT OCTOBER 5 2007.......SUNRISE 704 AM CDT SUNSET 649 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$