Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Lake Charles, LA
Issued by NWS Lake Charles, LA
475 CXUS54 KLCH 011458 CLMLFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 858 AM CST MON JAN 01 2024 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER 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 86 12/03/1933 LOW 9 12/23/1989 HIGHEST 84 12/09 MM MM 84 12/06 LOWEST 34 12/31 MM MM 20 12/23 AVG. MAXIMUM 67.4 64.4 3.0 67.4 AVG. MINIMUM 47.1 45.3 1.8 48.6 MEAN 57.3 54.9 2.4 58.0 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 1 DAYS MIN <= 32 0 3.0 -3.0 6 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 15.74 1912 MINIMUM 0.89 1980 TOTALS 9.47 4.96 4.51 6.01 DAILY AVG. 0.32 0.16 0.16 0.19 DAYS >= .01 7 9.8 -2.8 9 DAYS >= .10 4 6.5 -2.5 4 DAYS >= .50 4 3.1 0.9 3 DAYS >= 1.00 2 1.5 0.5 2 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 6.72 11/30 TO 12/01 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 259 340 -81 306 SINCE 7/1 436 554 -118 MM COOLING TOTAL 25 25 0 94 SINCE 1/1 3876 3004 872 MM ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.2 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 36/250 DATE 12/01 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 61/250 DATE 12/01 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.29 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 21 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 6 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 4 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 71 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 3 MIXED PRECIP 1 HEAVY RAIN 4 RAIN 8 LIGHT RAIN 7 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 13 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 3 HAZE 3 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$