September, 2007 was a transition month for rainfall across the region. The first half of the month looked like the previous 5 months, which experienced excessive number of rain days. However, most stations recorded the bulk of month's rainfall during the 12-13th with the passage of Hurricane Humberto. This very small tropical cyclone developed explosively, being initiated as a depression at 10 AM on the 12th, making landfall as an 85 mph hurricane just 16 hours later between High Island and Sea Rim State Park, Texas. The center of Humberto cut a path across Southeast Texas, Southwest and Central Louisiana, which is clearly indicated within the rainfall map below. For more information on Humberto, click here to go to our special webpage of this event. After Humberto, very little rainfall occurred across most locations for the remainder of the month.

Temperatures averaged about 1 to 2 degrees above normal for most stations, mainly due to the lack of significant cold frontal systems.

The following tables are compiled from the Automatic Surface Observing System (ASOS) and Cooperative Observer network within the National Weather Service Lake Charles area of responsibility, using data obtained from NOAA's Regional Climate Center xmACIS,  WxCoder, and mailed in Cooperative Observer B-29 forms. Many thanks goes out to our Hydro Meteorological Technicians Todd Mogged and Jimmy Nunn, whom maintains the cooperative observing equipment that our observers use to provide this information.

Rainfall graphics were obtained from the Lower Mississippi River Forecast Center's Precipitation Analysis product.

For official certified data, contact the National Climatic Data Center by clicking here, or:
 
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