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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA                            
511 AM CDT THU OCT 18 2007


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...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 17 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   1235 PM  92    2006  80      6       92       
                                      1936                          
  MINIMUM         75    648 AM  38    1943  58     17       70       
  AVERAGE         81                        69     12       81      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.39          3.42 1937   0.12   0.27      T      
  MONTH TO DATE    2.60                      2.28   0.32     1.26    
  SINCE SEP 1      8.85                      7.58   1.27     5.41    
  SINCE JAN 1     50.17                     50.28  -0.11    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                         8     -8        0       
  SINCE SEP 1      0                         8     -8        0       
  SINCE JUL 1      0                         8     -8        0       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       16                         5     11       16       
  MONTH TO DATE  207                       121     86      168       
  SINCE SEP 1    688                       519    169      593       
  SINCE JAN 1   2991                      2553    438     3086       
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 WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    22   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     S (170)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    35   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     S (170)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     9.4                                         

                                                                      
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8                                              

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

                                                                      
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    87           300 AM                                     
 LOWEST     70          1100 AM                                     
 AVERAGE    79                                                       

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THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   80        91      1972                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   57        36      1948                    

                                                                      
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER 18 2007.......SUNRISE   712 AM CDT   SUNSET   634 PM CDT   
OCTOBER 19 2007.......SUNRISE   713 AM CDT   SUNSET   633 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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