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Hurricane Rafael entering the Southeast Gulf of Mexico and expected to move west across the Central Gulf this week.
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Cooperative Station Climate Data

Station: Lafayette
State: Louisiana
Parish: Lafayette

30 Year Normals (1981-2010)
Month			Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
N o r m a l	Temps (°F)	Max	60.7	64.4	71.3	78.1	85.0	89.6	91.0	91.5	87.5	79.8	71.3	63.1	77.8
	Temps (°F)	Min	40.7	43.7	50.0	56.6	64.7	70.6	72.5	72.1	67.5	57.9	49.4	42.5	57.4
	Precipitation (in.)		5.84	4.65	4.00	4.08	4.48	6.48	5.57	4.93	5.22	5.67	4.66	5.37	60.95
	Degree Days	Heating	451	320	182	56	4	0	0	0	2	51	190	397	1653
	Degree Days	Cooling	8	13	47	127	309	453	519	521	376	171	51	19	2614

Note: Sums/averages of monthly values may not equate to yearly sums/averages due to rounding -
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Map location of Lafayette

Data courtesy of the National Climatic Data Center
Map courtesy of Google - map functions are non-operative

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