Climatological Report (Daily) Issued by NWS Lake Charles, LA
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CLILFT
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA
531 PM CDT SUN APR 21 2024
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...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 21 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 72 3:29 PM 93 1987 80 -8 81
MINIMUM 55 2:56 AM 41 1953 61 -6 64
AVERAGE 64 70 -6 73
PRECIPITATION (IN)
TODAY 0.05 7.84 1979 0.18 -0.13 1.13
MONTH TO DATE 2.26 3.32 -1.06 6.17
SINCE MAR 1 8.92 7.04 1.88 7.39
SINCE JAN 1 19.52 17.03 2.49 17.75
SNOWFALL (IN)
TODAY 0.0 0.0 MM MM MM 0.0
MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
SINCE MAR 1 0.0 MM MM 0.0
SINCE JUL 1 T MM MM 0.0
SNOW DEPTH MM
DEGREE DAYS
HEATING
TODAY 1 1 0 0
MONTH TO DATE 5 34 -29 7
SINCE MAR 1 76 170 -94 102
SINCE JUL 1 1098 1371 -273 1025
COOLING
TODAY 0 6 -6 8
MONTH TO DATE 149 100 49 121
SINCE MAR 1 240 173 67 298
SINCE JAN 1 288 213 75 450
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WIND (MPH)
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 23 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (360)
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 31 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (350)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 14.2
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8
WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.
RAIN
LIGHT RAIN
FOG
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
HIGHEST 100 3:00 AM
LOWEST 49 3:00 PM
AVERAGE 75
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THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
NORMAL RECORD YEAR
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 80 92 1925
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 61 40 1931
SUNRISE AND SUNSET
APRIL 21 2024.........SUNRISE 6:34 AM CDT SUNSET 7:40 PM CDT
APRIL 22 2024.........SUNRISE 6:33 AM CDT SUNSET 7:40 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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