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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA                            
540 AM CDT SAT OCT 28 2006

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...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 27 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         78    344 AM  91    1921  77      1       72       
  MINIMUM         59   1159 PM  31    1898  55      4       42       
  AVERAGE         69                        66      3       57      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.17          5.87 1991   0.13   0.04     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    7.26                      3.50   3.76     0.31    
  SINCE SEP 1     11.41                      8.80   2.61     7.46    
  SINCE JAN 1     42.13                     51.50  -9.37    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                         3     -3        8       
  MONTH TO DATE   15                        27    -12       36       
  SINCE SEP 1     15                        27    -12       36       
  SINCE JUL 1     15                        27    -12       36       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        4                         3      1        0       
  MONTH TO DATE  205                       163     42      233       
  SINCE SEP 1    630                       561     69      784       
  SINCE JAN 1   3123                      2595    528     3115       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    25   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (310)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    33   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (260)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    14.4                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  THUNDERSTORM                                                       
  HEAVY RAIN                                                         
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         
  FOG                                                                
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    90           700 AM                                     
 LOWEST     38           200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    64                                                       
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THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   77        89      1919                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   54        31      1898                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER 28 2006.......SUNRISE   719 AM CDT   SUNSET   624 PM CDT   
OCTOBER 29 2006.......SUNRISE   620 AM CST   SUNSET   523 PM CST   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.                                          


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