Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Lake Charles, LA
Issued by NWS Lake Charles, LA
010 CXUS54 KLCH 011116 CLMLFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 616 AM CDT WED MAY 01 2024 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL 2024... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1893 TO 2024 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 93 04/17/2006 04/28/1987 04/21/1987 LOW 32 04/13/1940 HIGHEST 88 04/20 MM MM 90 04/01 LOWEST 45 04/04 MM MM 47 04/17 AVG. MAXIMUM 81.2 79.0 2.2 79.0 AVG. MINIMUM 62.3 59.3 3.0 60.4 MEAN 71.8 69.2 2.6 69.7 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.2 -0.2 1 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 15.57 1979 MINIMUM 0.45 1987 TOTALS 4.26 4.91 -0.65 6.69 DAILY AVG. 0.14 0.16 -0.02 0.22 DAYS >= .01 7 7.5 -0.5 9 DAYS >= .10 3 4.7 -1.7 6 DAYS >= .50 2 3.0 -1.0 3 DAYS >= 1.00 2 1.7 0.3 2 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 2.00 04/29 TO 04/29 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL T 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 24 HR TOTAL MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 12 38 -26 7 SINCE 7/1 1105 1373 -268 MM COOLING TOTAL 223 162 61 156 SINCE 1/1 362 275 87 MM ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.8 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 32/290 DATE 04/10 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 48/290 DATE 04/10 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.44 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 11 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 13 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 6 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 75 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 2 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 3 RAIN 4 LIGHT RAIN 6 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 15 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 2 HAZE 1 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$