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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA                            
531 AM CDT TUE OCT 16 2007


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...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 15 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             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         86    205 PM  92    1919  81      5       79       
  MINIMUM         65    546 AM  39    1893  58      7       65       
  AVERAGE         76                        70      6       72      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.05          4.09 1957   0.12  -0.07     0.24    
  MONTH TO DATE    2.20                      2.04   0.16     0.31    
  SINCE SEP 1      8.45                      7.34   1.11     4.46    
  SINCE JAN 1     49.77                     50.04  -0.27    35.18    
                                                                     
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                         1     -1        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         6     -6        0       
  SINCE SEP 1      0                         6     -6        0       
  SINCE JUL 1      0                         6     -6        0       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       11                         6      5        7       
  MONTH TO DATE  179                       111     68      139       
  SINCE SEP 1    660                       509    151      564       
  SINCE JAN 1   2963                      2543    420     3057       
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 WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    16   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     N (340)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    26   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (330)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     3.8                                         

                                                                      
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6                                              

                                                                      
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         
  FOG                                                                
  HAZE                                                               

                                                                      
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    90           800 AM                                     
 LOWEST     55           200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    73                                                       

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THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   81        91      1947                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   58        39      1901                    

                                                                      
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER 16 2007.......SUNRISE   710 AM CDT   SUNSET   636 PM CDT   
OCTOBER 17 2007.......SUNRISE   711 AM CDT   SUNSET   635 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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