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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA
526 PM CDT SAT MAY 20 2023
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..THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 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 93 3:19 PM 95 1956 87 6 91
MINIMUM 73 4:16 AM 45 1894 68 5 76
AVERAGE 83 78 5 84
PRECIPITATION (IN)
TODAY 0.00 4.08 2021 0.16 -0.16 T
MONTH TO DATE 1.74 3.28 -1.54 1.47
SINCE MAR 1 9.65 11.91 -2.26 7.19
SINCE JAN 1 20.01 21.90 -1.89 10.95
DEGREE DAYS
COOLING
TODAY 18 13 5 19
MONTH TO DATE 266 207 59 304
SINCE MAR 1 599 442 157 516
SINCE JAN 1 751 482 269 558
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WIND (MPH)
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 12 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (270)
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 18 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (260)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.8
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2
WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.
FOG
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
HIGHEST 97 4:00 AM
LOWEST 47 3:00 PM
AVERAGE 72
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THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
NORMAL RECORD YEAR
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 87 96 1899
2005
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 69 50 1954
SUNRISE AND SUNSET
MAY 20 2023...........SUNRISE 6:11 AM CDT SUNSET 7:58 PM CDT
MAY 21 2023...........SUNRISE 6:11 AM CDT SUNSET 7:59 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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