Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Lake Charles, LA
Issued by NWS Lake Charles, LA
542 CXUS54 KLCH 011458 CLMARA CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 858 AM CST MON JAN 01 2024 ................................... ...THE NEW IBERIA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER 2023... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1948 TO 2023 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 87 12/03/1982 LOW 9 12/23/1989 HIGHEST 80 12/09 MM MM 83 12/06 LOWEST 31 12/29 MM MM 20 12/23 12/31 AVG. MAXIMUM 66.0 65.1 0.9 66.8 AVG. MINIMUM 45.2 44.9 0.3 47.0 MEAN 55.6 55.0 0.6 56.9 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 1 DAYS MIN <= 32 3 3.0 0.0 7 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 16.35 2009 MINIMUM 1.13 2001 TOTALS 9.45 4.49 4.96 3.94 DAILY AVG. 0.30 0.14 0.16 0.13 DAYS >= .01 6 10.5 -4.5 MM DAYS >= .10 5 6.1 -1.1 MM DAYS >= .50 4 2.7 1.3 MM DAYS >= 1.00 3 1.3 1.7 MM GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 5.55 12/01 TO 12/02 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 303 336 -33 316 SINCE 7/1 488 540 -52 MM COOLING TOTAL 20 26 -6 73 SINCE 1/1 3720 2932 788 MM ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.8 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 40/190 DATE 12/01 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 54/180 DATE 12/01 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.29 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 21 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 6 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 4 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 72 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 3 MIXED PRECIP 1 HEAVY RAIN 5 RAIN 9 LIGHT RAIN 8 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 4 HAZE 4 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$