315 CDUS44 KLCH 092210 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 510 PM CDT TUE OCT 9 2018 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 9 2018... VALID TODAY AS OF 0500 PM LOCAL TIME. CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1893 TO 2018 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) TODAY MAXIMUM 89 114 PM 95 1912 83 6 87 MINIMUM 74 309 AM 39 1921 62 12 77 AVERAGE 82 72 10 82 PRECIPITATION (IN) TODAY T 1.39 2002 0.15 -0.15 0.68 MONTH TO DATE 0.52 1.33 -0.81 0.98 SINCE SEP 1 10.60 6.05 4.55 1.31 SINCE JAN 1 41.03 46.67 -5.64 54.15 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 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE SEP 1 0 1 -1 0 SINCE JUL 1 0 1 -1 0 COOLING TODAY 17 8 9 17 MONTH TO DATE 155 80 75 136 SINCE SEP 1 648 507 141 585 SINCE JAN 1 3140 2768 372 3086 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (90) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 24 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (80) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY. FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 300 AM LOWEST 64 100 PM AVERAGE 82 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 83 93 1931 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 62 36 1917 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 9 2018.......SUNRISE 706 AM CDT SUNSET 644 PM CDT OCTOBER 10 2018.......SUNRISE 707 AM CDT SUNSET 643 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$