000 CDUS44 KLCH 060854 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 253 AM CST FRI NOV 6 2009 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 5 2009... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1893 TO 2009 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 77 321 PM 85 2003 75 2 78 1959 MINIMUM 53 648 AM 27 1991 52 1 56 AVERAGE 65 64 1 67 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.62 1973 0.14 -0.14 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.00 0.69 -0.69 0.00 SINCE SEP 1 17.54 10.01 7.53 11.07 SINCE JAN 1 50.68 52.71 -2.03 51.68 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 4 -4 0 MONTH TO DATE 12 19 -7 9 SINCE SEP 1 63 58 5 69 SINCE JUL 1 63 58 5 69 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (50) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 17 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (40) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 2.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 600 AM LOWEST 46 1200 PM AVERAGE 70 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 74 86 2005 1956 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 52 32 1954 SUNRISE AND SUNSET NOVEMBER 6 2009......SUNRISE 626 AM CST SUNSET 517 PM CST NOVEMBER 7 2009......SUNRISE 627 AM CST SUNSET 516 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$