000 CDUS44 KLCH 120907 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 406 AM CDT SUN OCT 12 2008 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 11 2008... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1893 TO 2008 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 84 1247 PM 95 1912 82 2 85 MINIMUM 62 548 AM 39 1906 60 2 61 AVERAGE 73 71 2 73 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.11 1977 0.13 -0.13 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.16 1.53 -1.37 2.15 SINCE SEP 1 10.26 6.83 3.43 8.40 SINCE JAN 1 50.87 49.53 1.34 49.72 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 2 -2 0 SINCE SEP 1 0 2 -2 0 SINCE JUL 1 0 2 -2 0 COOLING YESTERDAY 8 7 1 8 MONTH TO DATE 85 87 -2 156 SINCE SEP 1 453 485 -32 637 SINCE JAN 1 2688 2519 169 2940 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 12 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (50) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 15 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (40) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 2.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 400 AM LOWEST 51 200 PM AVERAGE 76 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 82 91 1991 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 59 39 1906 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 12 2008.......SUNRISE 708 AM CDT SUNSET 640 PM CDT OCTOBER 13 2008.......SUNRISE 709 AM CDT SUNSET 639 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$