000 CDUS44 KLCH 311003 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 503 AM CDT WED OCT 31 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 30 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 78 340 PM 90 1912 76 2 79 MINIMUM 50 611 AM 30 1917 54 -4 54 AVERAGE 64 65 -1 67 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 3.53 1967 0.13 -0.13 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 2.87 3.89 -1.02 7.26 SINCE SEP 1 9.12 9.19 -0.07 11.41 SINCE JAN 1 50.44 51.89 -1.45 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 0 MONTH TO DATE 39 36 3 20 SINCE SEP 1 39 36 3 20 SINCE JUL 1 39 36 3 20 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 3 -3 2 MONTH TO DATE 251 172 79 207 SINCE SEP 1 732 570 162 632 SINCE JAN 1 3035 2604 431 3125 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 9 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (40) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 13 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (50) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 1100 PM LOWEST 54 100 PM AVERAGE 74 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 76 91 1912 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 53 27 1917 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 31 2007.......SUNRISE 721 AM CDT SUNSET 622 PM CDT NOVEMBER 1 2007......SUNRISE 722 AM CDT SUNSET 621 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$