000 CDUS44 KLCH 291009 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 508 AM CDT MON OCT 29 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 28 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 75 330 PM 89 1919 77 -2 71 MINIMUM 52 638 AM 31 1898 54 -2 53 AVERAGE 64 66 -2 62 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.55 1985 0.13 -0.13 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 2.87 3.63 -0.76 7.26 SINCE SEP 1 9.12 8.93 0.19 11.41 SINCE JAN 1 50.44 51.63 -1.19 42.13 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 1 3 -2 3 MONTH TO DATE 38 30 8 18 SINCE SEP 1 38 30 8 18 SINCE JUL 1 38 30 8 18 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 3 -3 0 MONTH TO DATE 251 166 85 205 SINCE SEP 1 732 564 168 630 SINCE JAN 1 3035 2598 437 3123 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (360) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 25 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (10) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 83 600 AM LOWEST 41 400 PM AVERAGE 62 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 77 89 1950 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 54 30 1910 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 29 2007.......SUNRISE 720 AM CDT SUNSET 623 PM CDT OCTOBER 30 2007.......SUNRISE 720 AM CDT SUNSET 623 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$