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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA                            
745 AM CDT THU OCT 12 2006

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...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 11 2006...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1893 TO 2006

WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST     
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR     
                                                  NORMAL             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         84    410 PM  95    1912  82      2       88       
  MINIMUM         64   1159 PM  39    1906  60      4       63       
  AVERAGE         74                        71      3       76      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          2.11 1977   0.13  -0.13     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.06                      1.53  -1.47     0.31    
  SINCE SEP 1      4.21                      6.83  -2.62     7.46    
  SINCE JAN 1     34.93                     49.53 -14.60    31.01    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           0.0  2002   0.0    0.0      0.0     
                                      2001                          
  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                         1     -1        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         2     -2        0       
  SINCE SEP 1      0                         2     -2        0       
  SINCE JUL 1      0                         2     -2        0       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        9                         7      2       11       
  MONTH TO DATE   83                        87     -4      136       
  SINCE SEP 1    508                       485     23      687       
  SINCE JAN 1   3001                      2519    482     3018       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    15   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (300)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    20   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (310)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     5.5                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  FOG                                                                
  HAZE                                                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    93           300 AM                                     
 LOWEST     37           400 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    65                                                       
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THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   82        91      1991                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   59        39      1906                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER 12 2006.......SUNRISE   708 AM CDT   SUNSET   640 PM CDT   
OCTOBER 13 2006.......SUNRISE   709 AM CDT   SUNSET   639 PM CDT   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.                                          


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