975 CDUS44 KLCH 110831 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 331 AM CDT THU OCT 11 2018 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 10 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 89 244 PM 93 1931 83 6 89 MINIMUM 69 1158 PM 36 1917 62 7 77 AVERAGE 79 72 7 83 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 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) 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 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 YESTERDAY 14 8 6 18 MONTH TO DATE 169 88 81 154 SINCE SEP 1 662 515 147 603 SINCE JAN 1 3154 2776 378 3104 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (320) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 21 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (360) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 1200 AM LOWEST 48 500 PM AVERAGE 74 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 82 94 1926 1893 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 61 39 1906 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 11 2018.......SUNRISE 707 AM CDT SUNSET 641 PM CDT OCTOBER 12 2018.......SUNRISE 708 AM CDT SUNSET 640 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$