997  
CDUS44 KLCH 302217  
CLILFT  
 
CLIMATE REPORT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA  
517 PM CDT FRI OCT 30 2009  
 
   
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..THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 30 2009  
 
VALID TODAY AS OF 0500 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    
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TEMPERATURE (F)  
TODAY  
MAXIMUM 81 911 AM 90 1912 76 5 73  
MINIMUM 55 359 PM 30 1917 54 1 42  
AVERAGE 68 65 3 58  
 
PRECIPITATION (IN)  
TODAY 1.36 3.53 1967 0.13 1.23 0.00  
MONTH TO DATE 11.59 3.89 7.70 0.97  
SINCE SEP 1 16.61 9.19 7.42 11.07  
SINCE JAN 1 49.75 51.89 -2.14 51.68  
 
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 0 3 -3 7  
MONTH TO DATE 46 36 10 55  
SINCE SEP 1 46 36 10 55  
SINCE JUL 1 46 36 10 55  
 
COOLING  
TODAY 3 3 0 0  
MONTH TO DATE 224 172 52 149  
SINCE SEP 1 670 570 100 517  
SINCE JAN 1 3022 2604 418 2752    
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WIND (MPH)  
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 28 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (280)  
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 38 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (320)  
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 13.9  
 
 
SKY COVER  
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM  
AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0  
 
 
WEATHER CONDITIONS  
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.  
HEAVY RAIN  
RAIN  
LIGHT RAIN  
FOG  
 
 
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)  
HIGHEST 93 1100 AM  
LOWEST 85 1200 AM  
AVERAGE 89  
   
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THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW  
NORMAL RECORD YEAR  
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 76 91 1912  
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 53 27 1917  
 
 
SUNRISE AND SUNSET  
OCTOBER 30 2009.......SUNRISE 721 AM CDT SUNSET 622 PM CDT  
OCTOBER 31 2009.......SUNRISE 722 AM CDT SUNSET 621 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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