Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Lake Charles, LA
Issued by NWS Lake Charles, LA
000 CXUS54 KLCH 011317 CLMLFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 817 AM CDT THU JUN 01 2023 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF MAY 2023... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1893 TO 2023 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 98 05/31/1998 05/30/1998 05/31/1977 LOW 42 05/03/1929 HIGHEST 93 05/20 MM MM 93 05/12 05/16 05/18 LOWEST 57 05/02 MM MM 62 05/28 AVG. MAXIMUM 87.4 85.9 1.5 89.1 AVG. MINIMUM 69.1 67.2 1.9 69.8 MEAN 78.2 76.5 1.7 79.4 DAYS MAX >= 90 8 6.3 1.7 17 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 22.24 1907 MINIMUM 0.19 1998 TOTALS 1.92 5.44 -3.52 4.09 DAILY AVG. 0.06 0.18 -0.12 0.13 DAYS >= .01 9 8.4 0.6 7 DAYS >= .10 3 5.6 -2.6 7 DAYS >= .50 3 3.0 0.0 4 DAYS >= 1.00 0 1.5 -1.5 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.60 05/06 TO 05/06 05/05 TO 05/06 05/06 TO 05/06 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL MM 5 TOTALS 0.0 MM MM 0.0 SINCE 7/1 0.0 MM MM MM SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 0 DAYS >= 1.0 0 MM MM 0 GREATEST 24 HR TOTAL MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 0 2 -2 0 SINCE 7/1 1025 1375 -350 MM COOLING TOTAL 413 360 53 454 SINCE 1/1 898 635 263 MM ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.8 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 29/320 DATE 05/06 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 49/320 DATE 05/06 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.32 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 17 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 13 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 1 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 72 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 12 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 4 RAIN 4 LIGHT RAIN 9 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 15 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 2 HAZE 6 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$