000 CDUS44 KLCH 241038 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 538 AM CDT WED OCT 24 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 23 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 61 210 PM 91 1934 79 -18 70 MINIMUM 45 1152 PM 33 1923 56 -11 47 AVERAGE 53 68 -15 59 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 4.07 1985 0.12 -0.12 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 2.87 3.00 -0.13 4.70 SINCE SEP 1 9.12 8.30 0.82 8.85 SINCE JAN 1 50.44 51.00 -0.56 39.57 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM 0.0 MM 0.0 MM 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 12 2 10 6 MONTH TO DATE 12 18 -6 11 SINCE SEP 1 12 18 -6 11 SINCE JUL 1 12 18 -6 11 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 4 -4 0 MONTH TO DATE 251 148 103 191 SINCE SEP 1 732 546 186 616 SINCE JAN 1 3035 2580 455 3109 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 22 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (330) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 28 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (340) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 80 1200 AM LOWEST 62 900 AM AVERAGE 71 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 78 93 1919 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 55 31 1917 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 24 2007.......SUNRISE 716 AM CDT SUNSET 628 PM CDT OCTOBER 25 2007.......SUNRISE 717 AM CDT SUNSET 627 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$