Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Lake Charles, LA
Issued by NWS Lake Charles, LA
552 CXUS54 KLCH 021416 CLMARA CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 916 AM CDT TUE APR 02 2024 ................................... ...THE NEW IBERIA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH 2024... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1948 TO 2024 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 90 03/16/1955 LOW 19 03/03/1980 HIGHEST 83 03/06 MM MM 87 03/27 03/14 LOWEST 41 03/19 MM MM 32 03/20 AVG. MAXIMUM 73.9 72.9 1.0 76.4 AVG. MINIMUM 54.0 52.5 1.5 56.9 MEAN 64.0 62.7 1.3 66.7 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 0 0.6 -0.6 1 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 11.57 1973 MINIMUM 0.06 1955 TOTALS 4.67 2.91 1.76 0.97 DAILY AVG. 0.16 0.09 0.07 0.03 DAYS >= .01 10 9.3 0.7 6 DAYS >= .10 8 4.2 3.8 2 DAYS >= .50 3 1.9 1.1 1 DAYS >= 1.00 1 0.7 0.3 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.65 03/21 TO 03/22 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL MM 5 TOTALS MM MM MM MM SINCE 7/1 MM MM MM MM SNOWDEPTH AVG. MM MM DAYS >= 1.0 MM MM MM MM GREATEST SNOW DEPTH MM MM MM 24 HR TOTAL MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 94 137 -43 97 SINCE 7/1 1239 1326 -87 MM COOLING TOTAL 70 65 5 156 SINCE 1/1 95 105 -10 MM ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.9 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 37/150 DATE 03/25 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 53/150 DATE 03/25 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.44 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 12 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 12 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 7 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 75 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 10 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 6 RAIN 7 LIGHT RAIN 12 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 22 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 5 HAZE 8 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$