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CDUS44 KLCH 170821
CLILFT
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA
321 AM CDT WED MAY 17 2023
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..THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 16 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 90 1:04 PM 95 2018 86 4 93
MINIMUM 68 3:47 AM 46 1926 67 1 75
AVERAGE 79 77 2 84
PRECIPITATION (IN)
YESTERDAY 0.00 10.38 1980 0.16 -0.16 0.00
MONTH TO DATE 1.74 2.64 -0.90 1.47
SINCE MAR 1 9.65 11.27 -1.62 7.19
SINCE JAN 1 20.01 21.26 -1.25 10.95
DEGREE DAYS
COOLING
YESTERDAY 14 12 2 19
MONTH TO DATE 204 158 46 232
SINCE MAR 1 537 393 144 444
SINCE JAN 1 689 433 256 486
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WIND (MPH)
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 13 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (220)
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 22 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (290)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.7
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1
WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.
THUNDERSTORM
FOG
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
HIGHEST 97 12:00 AM
LOWEST 50 4:00 PM
AVERAGE 74
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THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
NORMAL RECORD YEAR
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 86 95 2018
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 68 50 1926
SUNRISE AND SUNSET
MAY 17 2023...........SUNRISE 6:13 AM CDT SUNSET 7:56 PM CDT
MAY 18 2023...........SUNRISE 6:13 AM CDT SUNSET 7:57 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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