000 CDUS44 KLCH 151037 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 536 AM CDT MON OCT 15 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 14 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 83 220 PM 91 1972 81 2 81 MINIMUM 61 642 AM 39 1907 59 2 53 AVERAGE 72 70 2 67 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.63 1925 0.13 -0.13 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 2.15 1.92 0.23 0.07 SINCE SEP 1 8.40 7.22 1.18 4.22 SINCE JAN 1 49.72 49.92 -0.20 34.94 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 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 5 -5 0 SINCE SEP 1 0 5 -5 0 SINCE JUL 1 0 5 -5 0 COOLING YESTERDAY 7 6 1 2 MONTH TO DATE 168 105 63 132 SINCE SEP 1 649 503 146 557 SINCE JAN 1 2952 2537 415 3050 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 10 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (130) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 16 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (90) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 2.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 87 800 PM LOWEST 43 300 PM AVERAGE 65 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 81 92 1919 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 58 39 1893 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 15 2007.......SUNRISE 710 AM CDT SUNSET 637 PM CDT OCTOBER 16 2007.......SUNRISE 710 AM CDT SUNSET 636 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$