Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Lake Charles, LA
Issued by NWS Lake Charles, LA
541 CXUS54 KLCH 011458 CLMAEX CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 858 AM CST MON JAN 01 2024 ................................... ...THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER 2023... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1892 TO 2023 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 85 12/07/1924 12/04/1892 LOW 7 12/23/1989 HIGHEST 81 12/09 MM MM 83 12/08 LOWEST 27 12/30 MM MM 15 12/23 AVG. MAXIMUM 64.4 61.2 3.2 64.3 AVG. MINIMUM 40.1 40.6 -0.5 44.9 MEAN 52.3 50.9 1.4 54.6 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 1 DAYS MIN <= 32 7 7.9 -0.9 8 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 20.80 1982 MINIMUM 1.35 2017 TOTALS 2.99 5.28 -2.29 7.20 DAILY AVG. 0.10 0.17 -0.07 0.23 DAYS >= .01 7 10.7 -3.7 14 DAYS >= .10 4 6.6 -2.6 6 DAYS >= .50 2 3.4 -1.4 4 DAYS >= 1.00 1 1.7 -0.7 3 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.63 12/09 TO 12/09 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 SNOW DEPTH 0 0 MM 24 HR TOTAL MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 395 449 -54 372 SINCE 7/1 689 773 -84 MM COOLING TOTAL 7 12 -5 58 SINCE 1/1 3498 2619 879 MM ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.6 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 37/310 DATE 12/09 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 47/300 DATE 12/09 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.27 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 21 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 5 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 5 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 69 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 1 MIXED PRECIP 1 HEAVY RAIN 4 RAIN 8 LIGHT RAIN 6 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 17 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 4 HAZE 6 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$