000 CDUS44 KLCH 061231 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 731 AM CDT SAT OCT 6 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 5 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 1210 PM 95 1912 84 6 92 MINIMUM 76 641 AM 46 1987 62 14 74 AVERAGE 83 73 10 83 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.41 2.25 1919 0.14 0.27 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.43 0.73 -0.30 0.00 SINCE SEP 1 6.68 6.03 0.65 4.15 SINCE JAN 1 48.00 48.73 -0.73 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 18 8 10 18 MONTH TO DATE 69 43 26 77 SINCE SEP 1 550 441 109 502 SINCE JAN 1 2853 2475 378 2995 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (170) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 25 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (160) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HEAVY RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 91 700 PM LOWEST 59 1100 AM AVERAGE 75 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 83 96 1911 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 62 39 1932 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 6 2007.......SUNRISE 704 AM CDT SUNSET 648 PM CDT OCTOBER 7 2007.......SUNRISE 705 AM CDT SUNSET 646 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$