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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA                            
537 AM CDT TUE OCT 17 2006

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...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 16 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         83    327 PM  91    1947  81      2       87       
  MINIMUM         73    355 AM  39    1901  58     15       58       
  AVERAGE         78                        70      8       73      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.95          1.54 1971   0.12   0.83     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    1.26                      2.16  -0.90     0.31    
  SINCE SEP 1      5.41                      7.46  -2.05     7.46    
  SINCE JAN 1     36.13                     50.16 -14.03    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                         7     -7        0       
  SINCE SEP 1      0                         7     -7        0       
  SINCE JUL 1      0                         7     -7        0       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       13                         5      8        8       
  MONTH TO DATE  115                       116     -1      186       
  SINCE SEP 1    540                       514     26      737       
  SINCE JAN 1   3033                      2548    485     3068       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    26   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     S (170)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    37   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     S (170)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    16.6                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  THUNDERSTORM                                                       
  HEAVY RAIN                                                         
  RAIN                                                               
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         
  FOG                                                                
  HAZE                                                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    87          1200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     74           100 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    81                                                       
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THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   80        92      1936                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   58        38      1943                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER 17 2006.......SUNRISE   711 AM CDT   SUNSET   635 PM CDT   
OCTOBER 18 2006.......SUNRISE   712 AM CDT   SUNSET   634 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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