578 CDUS44 KLCH 100849 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 349 AM CDT WED OCT 10 2018 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 9 2018... 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) YESTERDAY 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) YESTERDAY 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) YESTERDAY 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 YESTERDAY 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 YESTERDAY 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 4.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 300 AM LOWEST 64 100 PM AVERAGE 82 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 83 93 1931 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 62 36 1917 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 10 2018.......SUNRISE 707 AM CDT SUNSET 643 PM CDT OCTOBER 11 2018.......SUNRISE 707 AM CDT SUNSET 641 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$