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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA
543 PM CDT FRI MAY 03 2024

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...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 3 2024...
VALID TODAY AS OF 0500 PM LOCAL TIME.

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1893 TO 2024


WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR
                                                  NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
 TODAY
  MAXIMUM         78   1:43 PM  94    1943  83     -5       86
  MINIMUM         67  10:31 AM  42    1929  64      3       65
  AVERAGE         73                        73      0       76

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  TODAY            0.85          6.41 2017   0.17   0.68     0.00
  MONTH TO DATE    1.16                      0.51   0.65     0.00
  SINCE MAR 1     12.08                      9.14   2.94     7.91
  SINCE JAN 1     22.68                     19.13   3.55    18.27

DEGREE DAYS
 COOLING
  TODAY            8                         8      0       11
  MONTH TO DATE   31                        24      7       22
  SINCE MAR 1    345                       259     86      355
  SINCE JAN 1    393                       299     94      507
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WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    17   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (300)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    25   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (300)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     4.9


SKY COVER
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8


WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.
  THUNDERSTORM
  HEAVY RAIN
  RAIN
  LIGHT RAIN
  FOG


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST   100          12:00 AM
 LOWEST     74           2:00 PM
 AVERAGE    87

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THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   83        95      1952
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   64        44      1921
                                             1954
                                             2013


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
MAY  3 2024...........SUNRISE   6:23 AM CDT   SUNSET   7:47 PM CDT
MAY  4 2024...........SUNRISE   6:22 AM CDT   SUNSET   7:48 PM CDT


-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.




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