000 CDUS44 KLCH 011008 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 507 AM CDT THU NOV 1 2007 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 31 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 84 242 PM 91 1912 76 8 83 MINIMUM 58 607 AM 27 1917 53 5 64 AVERAGE 71 65 6 74 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.30 1895 0.13 -0.13 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 2.87 4.02 -1.15 7.26 SINCE SEP 1 9.12 9.32 -0.20 11.41 SINCE JAN 1 50.44 52.02 -1.58 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 0 3 -3 0 MONTH TO DATE 39 39 0 20 SINCE SEP 1 39 39 0 20 SINCE JUL 1 39 39 0 20 COOLING YESTERDAY 6 3 3 9 MONTH TO DATE 257 175 82 216 SINCE SEP 1 738 573 165 641 SINCE JAN 1 3041 2607 434 3134 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 6 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (50) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 9 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (20) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 1.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 600 AM LOWEST 47 200 PM AVERAGE 70 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 76 91 1934 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 53 30 1917 SUNRISE AND SUNSET NOVEMBER 1 2007......SUNRISE 722 AM CDT SUNSET 621 PM CDT NOVEMBER 2 2007......SUNRISE 723 AM CDT SUNSET 620 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$