000 CDUS44 KLCH 211252 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 752 AM CDT SUN OCT 21 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 20 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 83 329 PM 91 1926 79 4 71 MINIMUM 55 608 AM 33 1989 57 -2 54 AVERAGE 69 68 1 63 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.79 1902 0.12 -0.12 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 2.68 2.64 0.04 3.51 SINCE SEP 1 8.93 7.94 0.99 7.66 SINCE JAN 1 50.25 50.64 -0.39 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 2 -2 2 MONTH TO DATE 0 12 -12 2 SINCE SEP 1 0 12 -12 2 SINCE JUL 1 0 12 -12 2 COOLING YESTERDAY 4 5 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 238 136 102 187 SINCE SEP 1 719 534 185 612 SINCE JAN 1 3022 2568 454 3105 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 7 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (90) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 12 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (130) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 1.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 86 200 AM LOWEST 26 100 PM AVERAGE 56 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 79 92 1936 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 56 35 1917 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 21 2007.......SUNRISE 714 AM CDT SUNSET 631 PM CDT OCTOBER 22 2007.......SUNRISE 715 AM CDT SUNSET 630 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$