895  
CDUS44 KLCH 070919  
CLILFT  
 
CLIMATE REPORT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA  
419 AM CDT SUN MAY 07 2023  
   
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..THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 6 2023
 
 
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)  
YESTERDAY  
MAXIMUM 79 5:23 AM 92 1895 84 -5 88  
1920  
MINIMUM 68 11:59 PM 48 1954 65 3 66  
1957  
2013  
AVERAGE 74 74 0 77  
 
PRECIPITATION (IN)  
YESTERDAY 0.60 5.15 1935 0.17 0.43 0.00  
MONTH TO DATE 0.61 1.02 -0.41 0.99  
SINCE MAR 1 8.52 9.65 -1.13 6.71  
SINCE JAN 1 18.88 19.64 -0.76 10.47  
 
DEGREE DAYS  
COOLING  
YESTERDAY 9 9 0 12  
MONTH TO DATE 57 51 6 73  
SINCE MAR 1 390 286 104 285  
SINCE JAN 1 542 326 216 327    
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WIND (MPH)  
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 29 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (320)  
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 49 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (320)  
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.2  
 
SKY COVER  
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM  
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6  
 
WEATHER CONDITIONS  
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.  
THUNDERSTORM  
HEAVY RAIN  
RAIN  
LIGHT RAIN  
FOG  
HAZE  
 
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)  
HIGHEST 96 10:00 PM  
LOWEST 76 4:00 PM  
AVERAGE 86  
   
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THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY  
NORMAL RECORD YEAR  
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 84 92 1896  
1952  
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 65 44 1898  
 
SUNRISE AND SUNSET  
MAY 7 2023...........SUNRISE 6:20 AM CDT SUNSET 7:50 PM CDT  
MAY 8 2023...........SUNRISE 6:19 AM CDT SUNSET 7:50 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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