000 CDUS44 KLCH 171032 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 531 AM CDT WED OCT 17 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 16 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 88 118 PM 91 1947 81 7 83 MINIMUM 66 1238 AM 39 1901 58 8 73 AVERAGE 77 70 7 78 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.54 1971 0.12 -0.12 0.95 MONTH TO DATE 2.21 2.16 0.05 1.26 SINCE SEP 1 8.46 7.46 1.00 5.41 SINCE JAN 1 49.78 50.16 -0.38 36.13 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 7 -7 0 SINCE SEP 1 0 7 -7 0 SINCE JUL 1 0 7 -7 0 COOLING YESTERDAY 12 5 7 13 MONTH TO DATE 191 116 75 152 SINCE SEP 1 672 514 158 577 SINCE JAN 1 2975 2548 427 3070 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 10 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (100) HIGHEST GUST SPEED MM HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION MM AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 100 AM LOWEST 53 300 PM AVERAGE 73 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 80 92 2006 1936 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 58 38 1943 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 17 2007.......SUNRISE 711 AM CDT SUNSET 635 PM CDT OCTOBER 18 2007.......SUNRISE 712 AM CDT SUNSET 634 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$