000 CDUS44 KLCH 071226 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 726 AM CDT SUN OCT 7 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 6 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 91 228 PM 96 1911 83 8 86 MINIMUM 75 350 PM 39 1932 62 13 63 AVERAGE 83 73 10 75 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.91 1.69 2003 0.14 0.77 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.34 0.87 0.47 0.00 SINCE SEP 1 7.59 6.17 1.42 4.15 SINCE JAN 1 48.91 48.87 0.04 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 10 MONTH TO DATE 87 51 36 87 SINCE SEP 1 568 449 119 512 SINCE JAN 1 2871 2483 388 3005 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 22 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (130) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 33 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (140) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 87 500 AM LOWEST 56 300 PM AVERAGE 72 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 83 94 1925 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 61 42 1932 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 7 2007.......SUNRISE 705 AM CDT SUNSET 646 PM CDT OCTOBER 8 2007.......SUNRISE 705 AM CDT SUNSET 645 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$