000 CDUS44 KLCH 051018 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 518 AM CDT FRI OCT 5 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 4 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 90 144 PM 95 1924 84 6 90 MINIMUM 72 626 AM 44 1987 62 10 71 AVERAGE 81 73 8 81 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.01 3.85 1949 0.14 -0.13 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.02 0.59 -0.57 0.00 SINCE SEP 1 6.27 5.89 0.38 4.15 SINCE JAN 1 47.59 48.59 -1.00 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 16 8 8 16 MONTH TO DATE 51 35 16 59 SINCE SEP 1 532 433 99 484 SINCE JAN 1 2835 2467 368 2977 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (100) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 24 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (100) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 87 300 AM LOWEST 52 100 PM AVERAGE 70 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 84 95 1912 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 62 46 1987 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 5 2007.......SUNRISE 704 AM CDT SUNSET 649 PM CDT OCTOBER 6 2007.......SUNRISE 704 AM CDT SUNSET 648 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$