000 CDUS44 KLCH 181011 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 511 AM CDT THU OCT 18 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 17 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 1235 PM 92 2006 80 6 92 1936 MINIMUM 75 648 AM 38 1943 58 17 70 AVERAGE 81 69 12 81 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.39 3.42 1937 0.12 0.27 T MONTH TO DATE 2.60 2.28 0.32 1.26 SINCE SEP 1 8.85 7.58 1.27 5.41 SINCE JAN 1 50.17 50.28 -0.11 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 8 -8 0 SINCE SEP 1 0 8 -8 0 SINCE JUL 1 0 8 -8 0 COOLING YESTERDAY 16 5 11 16 MONTH TO DATE 207 121 86 168 SINCE SEP 1 688 519 169 593 SINCE JAN 1 2991 2553 438 3086 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 22 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (170) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 35 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (170) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HEAVY RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 87 300 AM LOWEST 70 1100 AM AVERAGE 79 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 80 91 1972 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 57 36 1948 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 18 2007.......SUNRISE 712 AM CDT SUNSET 634 PM CDT OCTOBER 19 2007.......SUNRISE 713 AM CDT SUNSET 633 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$