Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Lake Charles, LA
Issued by NWS Lake Charles, LA
553 CXUS54 KLCH 021416 CLMLFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 916 AM CDT TUE APR 02 2024 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH 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 93 03/12/1911 03/05/1910 LOW 22 03/03/1980 HIGHEST 84 03/06 MM MM 89 03/25 LOWEST 41 03/19 MM MM 31 03/20 AVG. MAXIMUM 74.9 72.6 2.3 77.0 AVG. MINIMUM 55.8 53.3 2.5 57.8 MEAN 65.4 62.9 2.5 67.4 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 13.42 1947 MINIMUM 0.00 1955 TOTALS 6.66 3.72 2.94 1.22 DAILY AVG. 0.21 0.12 0.09 0.04 DAYS >= .01 10 8.7 1.3 8 DAYS >= .10 9 5.1 3.9 3 DAYS >= .50 5 2.3 2.7 1 DAYS >= 1.00 2 1.4 0.6 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.83 03/17 TO 03/17 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL MM 5 TOTALS 0.0 MM MM 0.0 SINCE 7/1 T MM MM MM SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 0 DAYS >= 1.0 0 MM MM 0 GREATEST 24 HR TOTAL MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 71 136 -65 95 SINCE 7/1 1093 1339 -246 MM COOLING TOTAL 91 73 18 177 SINCE 1/1 139 113 26 MM ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.5 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 29/360 DATE 03/18 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 42/340 DATE 03/15 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.45 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 12 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 12 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 7 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 76 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 9 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 9 RAIN 6 LIGHT RAIN 10 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 17 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 2 HAZE 2 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$