000 CDUS44 KLCH 231033 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 533 AM CDT TUE OCT 23 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 22 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 87 1208 PM 92 1939 79 8 72 MINIMUM 58 1159 PM 36 1917 56 2 52 AVERAGE 73 68 5 62 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.19 4.18 1984 0.12 0.07 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 2.87 2.88 -0.01 4.70 SINCE SEP 1 9.12 8.18 0.94 8.85 SINCE JAN 1 50.44 50.88 -0.44 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 3 MONTH TO DATE 0 16 -16 5 SINCE SEP 1 0 16 -16 5 SINCE JUL 1 0 16 -16 5 COOLING YESTERDAY 8 4 4 0 MONTH TO DATE 251 144 107 191 SINCE SEP 1 732 542 190 616 SINCE JAN 1 3035 2576 459 3109 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 24 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (310) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 31 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (320) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 87 1200 AM LOWEST 69 100 PM AVERAGE 78 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 79 91 1934 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 56 33 1923 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 23 2007.......SUNRISE 715 AM CDT SUNSET 629 PM CDT OCTOBER 24 2007.......SUNRISE 716 AM CDT SUNSET 628 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$