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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA
531 PM CDT THU APR 20 2023
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..THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 20 2023
VALID TODAY AS OF 0500 PM LOCAL TIME.
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1893 TO 2023
WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST
VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR
NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
TODAY
MAXIMUM 85 2:26 PM 92 1987 80 5 79
MINIMUM 65 3:23 AM 41 1901 60 5 54
1953
AVERAGE 75 70 5 67
PRECIPITATION (IN)
TODAY 0.00 3.90 1935 0.18 -0.18 0.00
MONTH TO DATE 5.04 3.14 1.90 2.49
SINCE MAR 1 6.26 6.86 -0.60 5.45
SINCE JAN 1 16.62 16.85 -0.23 9.21
SNOWFALL (IN)
TODAY MM 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 0.0 MM MM 0.0
SNOW DEPTH MM
DEGREE DAYS
HEATING
TODAY 0 1 -1 0
MONTH TO DATE 7 33 -26 19
SINCE MAR 1 102 169 -67 161
SINCE JUL 1 1025 1370 -345 1205
COOLING
TODAY 10 6 4 2
MONTH TO DATE 113 94 19 90
SINCE MAR 1 290 167 123 135
SINCE JAN 1 442 207 235 177
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WIND (MPH)
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (180)
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 27 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (170)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.3
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6
WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.
NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
HIGHEST 96 5:00 AM
LOWEST 53 2:00 PM
AVERAGE 75
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THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
NORMAL RECORD YEAR
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 80 93 1987
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 61 41 1953
SUNRISE AND SUNSET
APRIL 20 2023.........SUNRISE 6:36 AM CDT SUNSET 7:39 PM CDT
APRIL 21 2023.........SUNRISE 6:35 AM CDT SUNSET 7:39 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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