000 CDUS44 KLCH 091029 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 528 AM CDT TUE OCT 9 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 8 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 90 315 PM 95 1912 83 7 83 MINIMUM 74 1159 PM 36 1952 61 13 55 AVERAGE 82 72 10 69 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.04 5.75 2004 0.13 -0.09 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 2.15 1.14 1.01 0.00 SINCE SEP 1 8.40 6.44 1.96 4.15 SINCE JAN 1 49.72 49.14 0.58 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 7 10 4 MONTH TO DATE 121 66 55 96 SINCE SEP 1 602 464 138 521 SINCE JAN 1 2905 2498 407 3014 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (120) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 24 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (100) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 400 AM LOWEST 52 200 PM AVERAGE 73 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 83 94 1941 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 61 39 1921 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 9 2007.......SUNRISE 706 AM CDT SUNSET 644 PM CDT OCTOBER 10 2007.......SUNRISE 707 AM CDT SUNSET 643 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$