466  
CDUS44 KLCH 122224  
CLILFT  
 
CLIMATE REPORT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA  
524 PM CDT THU OCT 12 2023  
   
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..THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 12 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 76 3:59 PM 95 1912 83 -7 89  
MINIMUM 59 4:03 AM 39 1906 62 -3 69  
AVERAGE 68 72 -4 79  
 
PRECIPITATION (IN)  
TODAY 0.00 2.18 1970 0.14 -0.14 0.00  
MONTH TO DATE 1.97 1.69 0.28 0.00  
SINCE SEP 1 5.43 6.71 -1.28 1.26  
SINCE JAN 1 34.27 50.39 -16.12 43.31  
 
SNOWFALL (IN)  
TODAY MM 0.0 MM MM MM 0.0  
MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0  
SINCE SEP 1 0.0 MM MM 0.0  
SINCE JUL 1 0.0 MM MM 0.0  
SNOW DEPTH MM  
 
DEGREE DAYS  
HEATING  
TODAY 0 0 0 0  
MONTH TO DATE 2 0 2 0  
SINCE SEP 1 2 0 2 0  
SINCE JUL 1 2 0 2 0  
 
COOLING  
TODAY 3 8 -5 14  
MONTH TO DATE 102 113 -11 95  
SINCE SEP 1 663 554 109 526  
SINCE JAN 1 3663 2828 835 2978    
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WIND (MPH)  
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 10 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (40)  
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 14 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (40)  
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.5  
 
SKY COVER  
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM  
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8  
 
WEATHER CONDITIONS  
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.  
FOG  
 
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)  
HIGHEST 100 1:00 AM  
LOWEST 69 3:00 PM  
AVERAGE 85  
   
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THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW  
NORMAL RECORD YEAR  
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 82 92 2015  
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 61 41 1917  
1946  
 
SUNRISE AND SUNSET  
OCTOBER 12 2023.......SUNRISE 7:08 AM CDT SUNSET 6:41 PM CDT  
OCTOBER 13 2023.......SUNRISE 7:09 AM CDT SUNSET 6:39 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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