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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA                            
530 AM CDT TUE OCT 24 2006

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...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 23 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         70    318 PM  91    1934  79     -9       81       
  MINIMUM         47    630 AM  33    1923  56     -9       52       
  AVERAGE         59                        68     -9       67      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          4.07 1985   0.12  -0.12     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    4.70                      3.00   1.70     0.31    
  SINCE SEP 1      8.85                      8.30   0.55     7.46    
  SINCE JAN 1     39.57                     51.00 -11.43    31.01    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY       MM             0.0  2002   0.0   MM        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        6                         2      4        0       
  MONTH TO DATE   11                        18     -7        0       
  SINCE SEP 1     11                        18     -7        0       
  SINCE JUL 1     11                        18     -7        0       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         4     -4        2       
  MONTH TO DATE  154                       148      6      233       
  SINCE SEP 1    579                       546     33      784       
  SINCE JAN 1   3072                      2580    492     3115       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    15   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     N (10)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    20   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     N (20)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     6.2                                         
                                                                     
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    86           400 AM                                     
 LOWEST     26           400 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    56                                                       
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THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   78        93      1919                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   55        31      1917                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER 24 2006.......SUNRISE   716 AM CDT   SUNSET   628 PM CDT   
OCTOBER 25 2006.......SUNRISE   717 AM CDT   SUNSET   627 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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