000 CDUS44 KLCH 101041 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 540 AM CDT WED OCT 10 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 9 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 92 108 PM 94 1941 83 9 85 MINIMUM 72 1159 PM 39 1921 61 11 59 AVERAGE 82 72 10 72 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.10 1918 0.13 -0.13 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 2.15 1.27 0.88 0.00 SINCE SEP 1 8.40 6.57 1.83 4.15 SINCE JAN 1 49.72 49.27 0.45 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 7 MONTH TO DATE 138 73 65 103 SINCE SEP 1 619 471 148 528 SINCE JAN 1 2922 2505 417 3021 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 22 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (20) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 25 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (20) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 1200 AM LOWEST 50 1200 PM AVERAGE 72 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 82 93 1931 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 60 36 1917 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 10 2007.......SUNRISE 707 AM CDT SUNSET 643 PM CDT OCTOBER 11 2007.......SUNRISE 707 AM CDT SUNSET 642 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$