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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA                            
538 AM CDT WED OCT 24 2007


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...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 23 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         61    210 PM  91    1934  79    -18       70       
  MINIMUM         45   1152 PM  33    1923  56    -11       47       
  AVERAGE         53                        68    -15       59      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        T             4.07 1985   0.12  -0.12     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    2.87                      3.00  -0.13     4.70    
  SINCE SEP 1      9.12                      8.30   0.82     8.85    
  SINCE JAN 1     50.44                     51.00  -0.56    39.57    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY       MM             0.0    MM   0.0   MM        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       12                         2     10        6       
  MONTH TO DATE   12                        18     -6       11       
  SINCE SEP 1     12                        18     -6       11       
  SINCE JUL 1     12                        18     -6       11       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         4     -4        0       
  MONTH TO DATE  251                       148    103      191       
  SINCE SEP 1    732                       546    186      616       
  SINCE JAN 1   3035                      2580    455     3109       
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 WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    22   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (330)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    28   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     N (340)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    11.3                                         

                                                                      
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9                                              

                                                                      
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         

                                                                      
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    80          1200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     62           900 AM                                     
 AVERAGE    71                                                       

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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 2007.......SUNRISE   716 AM CDT   SUNSET   628 PM CDT   
OCTOBER 25 2007.......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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