Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Lake Charles, LA
Issued by NWS Lake Charles, LA
641 CXUS54 KLCH 011657 CLMARA CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 1157 AM CDT SAT JUN 01 2024 ................................... ...THE NEW IBERIA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF MAY 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 98 05/22/2005 05/21/2005 05/31/1951 LOW 42 05/12/1952 HIGHEST 94 05/28 MM MM 93 05/20 05/30 LOWEST 62 05/01 MM MM 57 05/01 05/02 AVG. MAXIMUM 86.7 85.6 1.1 86.9 AVG. MINIMUM 70.5 66.7 3.8 67.5 MEAN 78.6 76.1 2.5 77.2 DAYS MAX >= 90 6 6.1 -0.1 7 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 17.61 2021 MINIMUM 0.25 2000 TOTALS 7.16 4.39 2.77 2.67 DAILY AVG. 0.23 0.14 0.09 0.09 DAYS >= .01 10 8.0 2.0 8 DAYS >= .10 7 4.9 2.1 4 DAYS >= .50 5 2.7 2.3 3 DAYS >= 1.00 4 1.6 2.4 1 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.78 05/30 TO 05/31 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 0.0 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 0 2 -2 0 SINCE 7/1 1256 1361 -105 MM COOLING TOTAL 430 347 83 387 SINCE 1/1 708 605 103 MM ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.4 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 46/300 DATE 05/13 46/280 05/16 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 74/300 DATE 05/13 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.42 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 16 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 10 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 5 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 80 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 8 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 5 RAIN 7 LIGHT RAIN 15 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 30 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 5 HAZE 22 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$