000 CDUS44 KLCH 062248 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 445 PM CST FRI NOV 6 2009 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 6 2009... VALID TODAY AS OF 0400 PM LOCAL TIME. 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) TODAY MAXIMUM 75 302 PM 86 2005 74 1 78 1956 MINIMUM 50 654 AM 32 1954 52 -2 61 AVERAGE 63 63 0 70 PRECIPITATION (IN) TODAY 0.00 1.63 1943 0.14 -0.14 0.10 MONTH TO DATE 0.00 0.83 -0.83 0.10 SINCE SEP 1 17.54 10.15 7.39 11.17 SINCE JAN 1 50.68 52.85 -2.17 51.78 SNOWFALL (IN) TODAY 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 TODAY 2 4 -2 0 MONTH TO DATE 14 23 -9 9 SINCE SEP 1 65 62 3 69 SINCE JUL 1 65 62 3 69 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 8 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (120) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 13 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (120) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 2.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY. FOG FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 96 600 AM LOWEST 35 300 PM AVERAGE 66 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 74 88 1924 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 52 28 1959 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. $$