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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA
335 AM CDT SUN MAY 6 2012
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..THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 5 2012
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1893 TO 2012
WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST
VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR
NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
YESTERDAY
MAXIMUM 90 217 PM 94 1952 84 6 78
MINIMUM 72 622 AM 44 1954 64 8 55
AVERAGE 81 74 7 67
PRECIPITATION (IN)
YESTERDAY 0.00 1.61 1969 0.14 -0.14 0.00
MONTH TO DATE 0.65 0.71 -0.06 1.33
SINCE MAR 1 11.42 8.43 2.99 6.27
SINCE JAN 1 22.98 18.55 4.43 12.51
DEGREE DAYS
COOLING
YESTERDAY 16 9 7 2
MONTH TO DATE 71 43 28 34
SINCE MAR 1 445 265 180 436
SINCE JAN 1 513 297 216 493
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WIND (MPH)
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 13 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (200)
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 18 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (210)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.4
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2
WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.
FOG
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
HIGHEST 100 600 AM
LOWEST 47 200 PM
AVERAGE 74
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THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
NORMAL RECORD YEAR
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 84 92 1920
1895
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 64 48 1957
1954
1921
SUNRISE AND SUNSET
MAY 6 2012...........SUNRISE 620 AM CDT SUNSET 749 PM CDT
MAY 7 2012...........SUNRISE 619 AM CDT SUNSET 750 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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