000 CDUS44 KLCH 191013 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 513 AM CDT FRI OCT 19 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 18 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 90 213 PM 91 1972 80 10 83 MINIMUM 79 1135 PM 36 1948 57 22 70 AVERAGE 85 69 16 77 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.06 4.90 1980 0.12 -0.06 1.40 MONTH TO DATE 2.66 2.40 0.26 2.66 SINCE SEP 1 8.91 7.70 1.21 6.81 SINCE JAN 1 50.23 50.40 -0.17 37.53 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 9 -9 0 SINCE SEP 1 0 9 -9 0 SINCE JUL 1 0 9 -9 0 COOLING YESTERDAY 20 5 15 12 MONTH TO DATE 227 126 101 180 SINCE SEP 1 708 524 184 605 SINCE JAN 1 3011 2558 453 3098 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (250) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 28 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (210) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 91 900 PM LOWEST 59 200 PM AVERAGE 75 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 80 93 1921 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 57 33 1948 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 19 2007.......SUNRISE 713 AM CDT SUNSET 633 PM CDT OCTOBER 20 2007.......SUNRISE 713 AM CDT SUNSET 632 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$