Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Lake Charles, LA
Issued by NWS Lake Charles, LA
984 CXUS54 KLCH 011116 CLMLCH CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 616 AM CDT WED MAY 01 2024 ................................... ...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL 2024... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1895 TO 2024 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 95 04/28/1987 LOW 30 04/13/1913 04/11/1913 HIGHEST 85 04/27 MM MM 88 04/01 04/28 04/30 LOWEST 45 04/04 MM MM 47 04/17 AVG. MAXIMUM 79.9 79.0 0.9 76.2 AVG. MINIMUM 61.9 59.3 2.6 58.1 MEAN 70.9 69.1 1.8 67.2 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.1 -0.1 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 15.30 1940 MINIMUM 0.11 2010 TOTALS 4.02 4.44 -0.42 10.49 DAILY AVG. 0.13 0.15 -0.02 0.35 DAYS >= .01 6 7.2 -1.2 6 DAYS >= .10 4 4.6 -0.6 6 DAYS >= .50 2 2.6 -0.6 5 DAYS >= 1.00 1 1.5 -0.5 2 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 2.68 04/29 TO 04/29 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL MM 5 TOTALS 0.0 MM MM 0.0 SINCE 7/1 T 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 11 34 -23 28 SINCE 7/1 1168 1312 -144 MM COOLING TOTAL 196 159 37 101 SINCE 1/1 305 268 37 MM ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.3 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 39/170 DATE 04/09 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 63/250 DATE 04/10 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.49 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 10 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 13 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 7 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 75 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 4 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 3 RAIN 4 LIGHT RAIN 7 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 17 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 3 HAZE 6 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$