000 CDUS44 KLCH 201235 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 735 AM CDT SAT OCT 20 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 19 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 85 237 PM 93 1921 80 5 82 MINIMUM 58 1149 PM 33 1948 57 1 62 AVERAGE 72 69 3 72 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.02 1.11 1960 0.12 -0.10 0.85 MONTH TO DATE 2.68 2.52 0.16 3.51 SINCE SEP 1 8.93 7.82 1.11 7.66 SINCE JAN 1 50.25 50.52 -0.27 38.38 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 10 -10 0 SINCE SEP 1 0 10 -10 0 SINCE JUL 1 0 10 -10 0 COOLING YESTERDAY 7 5 2 7 MONTH TO DATE 234 131 103 187 SINCE SEP 1 715 529 186 612 SINCE JAN 1 3018 2563 455 3105 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 23 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (360) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 29 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (10) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 91 100 AM LOWEST 20 300 PM AVERAGE 56 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 79 91 1926 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 57 33 1989 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 20 2007.......SUNRISE 713 AM CDT SUNSET 632 PM CDT OCTOBER 21 2007.......SUNRISE 714 AM CDT SUNSET 631 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$