598  
CDUS44 KLCH 210824  
CLILFT  
 
CLIMATE REPORT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA  
322 AM CDT SAT JUL 21 2012  
 
   
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..THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 20 2012  
 
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010  
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1893 TO 2012  
 
WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST  
VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR  
NORMAL    
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TEMPERATURE (F)  
YESTERDAY  
MAXIMUM 93 246 PM 100 1924 92 1 92  
MINIMUM 73 709 PM 66 1904 75 -2 75  
AVERAGE 83 84 -1 84  
 
PRECIPITATION (IN)  
YESTERDAY 1.33 2.19 2001 0.19 1.14 0.40  
MONTH TO DATE 7.63 4.40 3.23 2.91  
SINCE JUN 1 15.71 11.48 4.23 6.66  
SINCE JAN 1 40.10 34.10 6.00 19.28  
 
DEGREE DAYS  
COOLING  
YESTERDAY 18 19 -1 19  
MONTH TO DATE 342 364 -22 396  
SINCE JUN 1 844 862 -18 994  
SINCE JAN 1 1690 1476 214 1842    
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WIND (MPH)  
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (180)  
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 29 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (120)  
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.1  
 
 
SKY COVER  
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM  
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3  
 
 
WEATHER CONDITIONS  
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.  
THUNDERSTORM  
HEAVY RAIN  
RAIN  
LIGHT RAIN  
FOG  
 
 
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)  
HIGHEST 94 800 PM  
LOWEST 56 200 PM  
AVERAGE 75  
   
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THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY  
NORMAL RECORD YEAR  
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 92 103 1924  
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 75 65 1947  
1923  
 
 
SUNRISE AND SUNSET  
JULY 21 2012..........SUNRISE 620 AM CDT SUNSET 808 PM CDT  
JULY 22 2012..........SUNRISE 621 AM CDT SUNSET 808 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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