Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Lake Charles, LA
Issued by NWS Lake Charles, LA
208 CXUS54 KLCH 010943 CLMLFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 343 AM CST THU FEB 01 2024 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY 2024... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1893 TO 2024 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 87 01/20/1916 LOW 10 01/11/1982 01/12/1918 HIGHEST 75 01/11 MM MM 81 01/11 LOWEST 18 01/16 MM MM 34 01/14 01/17 AVG. MAXIMUM 61.0 62.2 -1.2 69.3 AVG. MINIMUM 40.8 43.5 -2.7 50.7 MEAN 50.9 52.8 -1.9 60.0 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 1 0.1 0.9 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 6 5.0 1.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 16.74 1993 MINIMUM 0.35 1928 TOTALS 8.55 5.92 2.63 7.70 DAILY AVG. 0.28 0.19 0.09 0.25 DAYS >= .01 14 10.0 4.0 9 DAYS >= .10 9 6.7 2.3 9 DAYS >= .50 6 3.5 2.5 5 DAYS >= 1.00 4 1.9 2.1 4 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 2.61 01/24 TO 01/25 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL MM 5 TOTALS T MM MM 0.0 SINCE 7/1 T MM MM MM SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 MM DAYS >= 1.0 0 MM MM 0 GREATEST 24 HR TOTAL MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 436 392 44 198 SINCE 7/1 872 946 -74 MM COOLING TOTAL 3 15 -12 52 SINCE 1/1 3 15 -12 MM ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.7 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 29/270 DATE 01/09 29/210 01/12 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 44/310 DATE 01/12 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.46 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 13 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 7 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 11 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 75 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 7 MIXED PRECIP 2 HEAVY RAIN 7 RAIN 13 LIGHT RAIN 13 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 1 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 1 SLEET 1 FOG 20 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 3 HAZE 1 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$