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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA                            
531 AM CDT WED OCT 17 2007


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...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 16 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         88    118 PM  91    1947  81      7       83       
  MINIMUM         66   1238 AM  39    1901  58      8       73       
  AVERAGE         77                        70      7       78      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.54 1971   0.12  -0.12     0.95    
  MONTH TO DATE    2.21                      2.16   0.05     1.26    
  SINCE SEP 1      8.46                      7.46   1.00     5.41    
  SINCE JAN 1     49.78                     50.16  -0.38    36.13    
                                                                     
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                         7     -7        0       
  SINCE SEP 1      0                         7     -7        0       
  SINCE JUL 1      0                         7     -7        0       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       12                         5      7       13       
  MONTH TO DATE  191                       116     75      152       
  SINCE SEP 1    672                       514    158      577       
  SINCE JAN 1   2975                      2548    427     3070       
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 WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    10   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     E (100)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    MM   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    MM            
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     4.2                                         

                                                                      
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3                                              

                                                                      
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  FOG                                                                
  FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE                                       
  HAZE                                                               

                                                                      
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    93           100 AM                                     
 LOWEST     53           300 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    73                                                       

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THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   80        92      2006                    
                                             1936                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   58        38      1943                    

                                                                      
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER 17 2007.......SUNRISE   711 AM CDT   SUNSET   635 PM CDT   
OCTOBER 18 2007.......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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