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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA
335 AM CDT SAT MAY 04 2024

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...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 3 2024...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1895 TO 2024


WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR
                                                  NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
 YESTERDAY
  MAXIMUM         75   5:30 PM  96    1984  82     -7       83
  MINIMUM         67   9:32 AM  45    1929  64      3       62
                                      2013
  AVERAGE         71                        73     -2       73

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.95          5.49 2017   0.16   0.79     0.00
  MONTH TO DATE    4.59                      0.49   4.10     0.00
  SINCE MAR 1     13.29                      8.60   4.69    12.05
  SINCE JAN 1     26.61                     17.75   8.86    19.46

SNOWFALL (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.0           0.0    MM  MM     MM        0.0
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                       0.0    0.0      0.0
  SINCE MAR 1      0.0                      MM     MM         T
  SINCE JUL 1      T                        MM     MM         T
  SNOW DEPTH      MM

DEGREE DAYS
 HEATING
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         0      0        0
  SINCE MAR 1     84                       164    -80      135
  SINCE JUL 1   1168                      1312   -144     1225

 COOLING
  YESTERDAY        6                         8     -2        8
  MONTH TO DATE   24                        24      0       15
  SINCE MAR 1    295                       254     41      247
  SINCE JAN 1    329                       292     37      343
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WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    26   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SE (150)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    33   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SE (150)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     8.0


SKY COVER
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6


WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.
  THUNDERSTORM
  HEAVY RAIN
  RAIN
  LIGHT RAIN
  FOG


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST   100          12:00 AM
 LOWEST     87           5:00 AM
 AVERAGE    94

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THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   83        91      1943
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   64        42      2013


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
MAY  4 2024...........SUNRISE   6:27 AM CDT   SUNSET   7:53 PM CDT
MAY  5 2024...........SUNRISE   6:26 AM CDT   SUNSET   7:53 PM CDT


-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.




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