098 CDUS44 KLCH 102211 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 511 PM CDT WED OCT 10 2018 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 10 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 89 244 PM 93 1931 83 6 89 MINIMUM 74 536 AM 36 1917 62 12 77 AVERAGE 82 72 10 83 PRECIPITATION (IN) TODAY T 2.29 2003 0.15 -0.15 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.52 1.48 -0.96 0.98 SINCE SEP 1 10.60 6.20 4.40 1.31 SINCE JAN 1 41.03 46.82 -5.79 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 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 1 -1 0 SINCE SEP 1 0 2 -2 0 SINCE JUL 1 0 2 -2 0 COOLING TODAY 17 8 9 18 MONTH TO DATE 172 88 84 154 SINCE SEP 1 665 515 150 603 SINCE JAN 1 3157 2776 381 3104 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (320) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 21 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (360) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 1200 AM LOWEST 53 400 PM AVERAGE 77 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 82 94 1926 1893 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 61 39 1906 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. $$