Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Lake Charles, LA
Issued by NWS Lake Charles, LA
474 CXUS54 KLCH 011458 CLMLCH CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 858 AM CST MON JAN 01 2024 ................................... ...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER 2023... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1895 TO 2023 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 89 12/03/1912 LOW 11 12/23/1989 HIGHEST 79 12/09 MM MM 81 12/03 LOWEST 32 12/11 MM MM 16 12/23 12/29 AVG. MAXIMUM 66.7 65.3 1.4 64.9 AVG. MINIMUM 45.3 45.3 0.0 46.4 MEAN 56.0 55.3 0.7 55.6 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 1 DAYS MIN <= 32 2 3.0 -1.0 7 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 13.27 1967 MINIMUM 2.02 2000 TOTALS 2.35 4.56 -2.21 9.25 DAILY AVG. 0.08 0.15 -0.07 0.30 DAYS >= .01 8 9.5 -1.5 12 DAYS >= .10 5 5.9 -0.9 7 DAYS >= .50 1 2.8 -1.8 5 DAYS >= 1.00 1 1.4 -0.4 4 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 4.71 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 SNOW DEPTH 0 0 MM 24 HR TOTAL MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 285 325 -40 337 SINCE 7/1 477 519 -42 MM ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.6 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 28/340 DATE 12/09 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 38/340 DATE 12/09 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.26 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 21 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 5 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 5 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 72 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 3 MIXED PRECIP 1 HEAVY RAIN 4 RAIN 9 LIGHT RAIN 6 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 14 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 5 HAZE 3 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$