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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA
520 PM CDT FRI MAY 05 2023
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..THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 5 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 89 2:24 PM 94 1952 83 6 86
MINIMUM 73 2:04 AM 44 1954 64 9 67
AVERAGE 81 74 7 77
PRECIPITATION (IN)
TODAY 0.01 1.61 1969 0.17 -0.16 0.42
MONTH TO DATE 0.01 0.85 -0.84 0.99
SINCE MAR 1 7.92 9.48 -1.56 6.71
SINCE JAN 1 18.28 19.47 -1.19 10.47
DEGREE DAYS
COOLING
TODAY 16 9 7 12
MONTH TO DATE 48 42 6 61
SINCE MAR 1 381 277 104 273
SINCE JAN 1 533 317 216 315
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WIND (MPH)
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (190)
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 22 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (210)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.5
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9
WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.
THUNDERSTORM
LIGHT RAIN
HAZE
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
HIGHEST 91 4:00 AM
LOWEST 63 2:00 PM
AVERAGE 77
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THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
NORMAL RECORD YEAR
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 84 92 1895
1920
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 65 48 1954
1957
2013
SUNRISE AND SUNSET
MAY 5 2023...........SUNRISE 6:22 AM CDT SUNSET 7:48 PM CDT
MAY 6 2023...........SUNRISE 6:21 AM CDT SUNSET 7:49 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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