546  
CDUS44 KLCH 132231  
CLILFT  
 
CLIMATE REPORT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA  
531 PM CDT FRI OCT 13 2023  
   
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..THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 13 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 87 3:06 PM 92 2015 82 5 86  
MINIMUM 61 1:26 AM 41 1917 61 0 63  
1946  
AVERAGE 74 72 2 75  
 
PRECIPITATION (IN)  
TODAY 0.00 4.16 1995 0.15 -0.15 0.03  
MONTH TO DATE 1.97 1.84 0.13 0.03  
SINCE SEP 1 5.43 6.86 -1.43 1.29  
SINCE JAN 1 34.27 50.54 -16.27 43.34  
 
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 1 -1 0  
MONTH TO DATE 2 1 1 0  
SINCE SEP 1 2 1 1 0  
SINCE JUL 1 2 1 1 0  
 
COOLING  
TODAY 9 7 2 10  
MONTH TO DATE 111 120 -9 105  
SINCE SEP 1 672 561 111 536  
SINCE JAN 1 3672 2835 837 2988    
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WIND (MPH)  
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 8 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (270)  
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 14 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (320)  
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 1.7  
 
SKY COVER  
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM  
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3  
 
WEATHER CONDITIONS  
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.  
FOG  
 
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)  
HIGHEST 100 1:00 AM  
LOWEST 53 4:00 PM  
AVERAGE 77  
   
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THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW  
NORMAL RECORD YEAR  
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 82 92 2017  
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 61 39 1907  
 
SUNRISE AND SUNSET  
OCTOBER 13 2023.......SUNRISE 7:09 AM CDT SUNSET 6:39 PM CDT  
OCTOBER 14 2023.......SUNRISE 7:09 AM CDT SUNSET 6:38 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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