000 CDUS44 KLCH 221250 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 750 AM CDT MON OCT 22 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 21 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 83 318 PM 92 1936 79 4 78 MINIMUM 56 505 AM 35 1917 56 0 59 AVERAGE 70 68 2 69 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.75 1898 0.12 -0.12 1.19 MONTH TO DATE 2.68 2.76 -0.08 4.70 SINCE SEP 1 8.93 8.06 0.87 8.85 SINCE JAN 1 50.25 50.76 -0.51 39.57 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 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 14 -14 2 SINCE SEP 1 0 14 -14 2 SINCE JUL 1 0 14 -14 2 COOLING YESTERDAY 5 4 1 4 MONTH TO DATE 243 140 103 191 SINCE SEP 1 724 538 186 616 SINCE JAN 1 3027 2572 455 3109 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (160) HIGHEST GUST SPEED MM HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION MM AVERAGE WIND SPEED 2.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 86 300 AM LOWEST 51 1200 PM AVERAGE 69 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 79 92 1939 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 56 36 1917 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 22 2007.......SUNRISE 715 AM CDT SUNSET 630 PM CDT OCTOBER 23 2007.......SUNRISE 715 AM CDT SUNSET 629 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$