000 CDUS44 KLCH 081034 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 533 AM CDT MON OCT 8 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 7 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 1245 PM 94 1925 83 6 83 MINIMUM 74 1159 PM 42 1932 61 13 57 AVERAGE 82 72 10 70 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.77 4.00 1949 0.14 0.63 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 2.11 1.01 1.10 0.00 SINCE SEP 1 8.36 6.31 2.05 4.15 SINCE JAN 1 49.68 49.01 0.67 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 17 8 9 5 MONTH TO DATE 104 59 45 92 SINCE SEP 1 585 457 128 517 SINCE JAN 1 2888 2491 397 3010 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 12 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (180) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 17 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (50) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 1100 PM LOWEST 65 1200 PM AVERAGE 79 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 83 95 1912 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 61 36 1952 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 8 2007.......SUNRISE 705 AM CDT SUNSET 645 PM CDT OCTOBER 9 2007.......SUNRISE 706 AM CDT SUNSET 644 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$