Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Lake Charles, LA
Issued by NWS Lake Charles, LA
543 CXUS54 KLCH 011458 CLMBPT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 858 AM CST MON JAN 01 2024 ................................... ...THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER 2023... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1901 TO 2023 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 85 12/03/2022 12/03/2022 LOW 12 12/23/1989 HIGHEST 83 12/09 MM MM 85 12/03 LOWEST 31 12/29 MM MM 17 12/23 AVG. MAXIMUM 68.1 65.5 2.6 67.7 AVG. MINIMUM 46.6 45.8 0.8 48.0 MEAN 57.4 55.6 1.8 57.9 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 2 2.4 -0.4 6 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 17.98 1982 MINIMUM 0.72 1925 TOTALS 4.05 4.98 -0.93 5.71 DAILY AVG. 0.13 0.16 -0.03 0.18 DAYS >= .01 5 9.7 -4.7 MM DAYS >= .10 5 6.0 -1.0 MM DAYS >= .50 2 2.8 -0.8 MM DAYS >= 1.00 1 1.3 -0.3 MM GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 3.07 11/30 TO 11/30 12/23 TO 12/24 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 3.0 2017 TOTALS 0.0 MM MM 0.0 SINCE 7/1 0.0 MM MM MM SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 MM DAYS >= 1.0 0 MM MM 0 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 0 MM MM 24 HR TOTAL MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 246 317 -71 298 SINCE 7/1 423 501 -78 MM ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.1 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 29/330 DATE 12/24 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 42/120 DATE 12/24 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.27 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 22 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 3 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 6 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 69 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 3 MIXED PRECIP 1 HEAVY RAIN 3 RAIN 8 LIGHT RAIN 8 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 18 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 7 HAZE 7 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$