Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Lake Charles, LA
Issued by NWS Lake Charles, LA
210 CXUS54 KLCH 010943 CLMAEX CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 343 AM CST THU FEB 01 2024 ................................... ...THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY 2024... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1892 TO 2024 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 87 01/20/1895 LOW 4 01/24/1948 HIGHEST 74 01/30 MM MM 80 01/02 01/03 LOWEST 12 01/17 MM MM 31 01/14 01/27 AVG. MAXIMUM 57.2 59.6 -2.4 66.2 AVG. MINIMUM 35.2 38.9 -3.7 47.4 MEAN 46.2 49.3 -3.1 56.8 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 2 0.2 1.8 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 13 9.8 3.2 2 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 13.95 1990 MINIMUM 0.00 1928 TOTALS 7.61 5.47 2.14 8.94 DAILY AVG. 0.25 0.18 0.07 0.29 DAYS >= .01 13 10.2 2.8 12 DAYS >= .10 9 6.3 2.7 8 DAYS >= .50 5 3.4 1.6 6 DAYS >= 1.00 3 1.5 1.5 4 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 2.46 01/24 TO 01/25 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL MM 2021 TOTALS 0.2 MM MM 0.0 SINCE 7/1 0.2 MM MM MM SNOWDEPTH AVG. T MM DAYS >= 1.0 0 MM MM 0 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH MM MM MM 24 HR TOTAL MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 577 495 82 280 SINCE 7/1 1266 1264 2 MM COOLING TOTAL 0 6 -6 35 SINCE 1/1 0 6 -6 MM ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.2 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 35/290 DATE 01/12 35/320 01/25 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 47/230 DATE 01/12 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.46 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 15 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 6 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 10 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 72 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 5 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 6 RAIN 10 LIGHT RAIN 11 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 1 HAIL 1 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 1 SLEET 1 FOG 20 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 4 HAZE 5 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$