000 CDUS44 KLCH 161041 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 531 AM CDT TUE OCT 16 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 15 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 86 205 PM 92 1919 81 5 79 MINIMUM 65 546 AM 39 1893 58 7 65 AVERAGE 76 70 6 72 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.05 4.09 1957 0.12 -0.07 0.24 MONTH TO DATE 2.20 2.04 0.16 0.31 SINCE SEP 1 8.45 7.34 1.11 4.46 SINCE JAN 1 49.77 50.04 -0.27 35.18 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 6 -6 0 SINCE SEP 1 0 6 -6 0 SINCE JUL 1 0 6 -6 0 COOLING YESTERDAY 11 6 5 7 MONTH TO DATE 179 111 68 139 SINCE SEP 1 660 509 151 564 SINCE JAN 1 2963 2543 420 3057 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (340) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 26 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (330) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 90 800 AM LOWEST 55 200 PM AVERAGE 73 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 81 91 1947 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 58 39 1901 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 16 2007.......SUNRISE 710 AM CDT SUNSET 636 PM CDT OCTOBER 17 2007.......SUNRISE 711 AM CDT SUNSET 635 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$