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CDUS44 KLCH 160805
CLILFT
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA
305 AM CDT SAT AUG 16 2008
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..THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 15 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
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TEMPERATURE (F)
YESTERDAY
MAXIMUM 87 1010 AM 101 1951 91 -4 92
MINIMUM 72 527 AM 58 2004 73 -1 77
AVERAGE 80 82 -2 85
PRECIPITATION (IN)
YESTERDAY 0.05 6.18 1949 0.15 -0.10 0.31
MONTH TO DATE 1.76 2.48 -0.72 1.73
SINCE JUN 1 12.01 15.19 -3.18 14.36
SINCE JAN 1 36.22 40.20 -3.98 39.42
DEGREE DAYS
COOLING
YESTERDAY 15 17 -2 20
MONTH TO DATE 268 262 6 328
SINCE JUN 1 1347 1256 91 1377
SINCE JAN 1 1968 1767 201 1997
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WIND (MPH)
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (270)
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 18 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (270)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.1
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1
WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.
THUNDERSTORM
LIGHT RAIN
FOG
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
HIGHEST 94 1200 AM
LOWEST 65 1000 AM
AVERAGE 80
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THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
NORMAL RECORD YEAR
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 91 101 1951
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 73 61 2004
1929
SUNRISE AND SUNSET
AUGUST 16 2008........SUNRISE 636 AM CDT SUNSET 748 PM CDT
AUGUST 17 2008........SUNRISE 637 AM CDT SUNSET 747 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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