972  
CDUS44 KLCH 160820  
CLILFT  
 
CLIMATE REPORT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA  
320 AM CDT MON OCT 16 2023  
   
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..THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 15 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 73 3:03 PM 92 1919 82 -9 89  
2015  
2017  
MINIMUM 55 6:48 AM 39 1893 61 -6 56  
1901  
AVERAGE 64 71 -7 73  
 
PRECIPITATION (IN)  
YESTERDAY 0.00 4.09 1957 0.15 -0.15 0.00  
MONTH TO DATE 1.97 2.15 -0.18 0.03  
SINCE SEP 1 5.43 7.17 -1.74 1.29  
SINCE JAN 1 34.27 50.85 -16.58 43.34  
 
SNOWFALL (IN)  
YESTERDAY 0.0 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  
YESTERDAY 1 1 0 0  
MONTH TO DATE 3 3 0 0  
SINCE SEP 1 3 3 0 0  
SINCE JUL 1 3 3 0 0  
 
COOLING  
YESTERDAY 0 7 -7 8  
MONTH TO DATE 116 134 -18 119  
SINCE SEP 1 677 575 102 550  
SINCE JAN 1 3677 2849 828 3002    
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WIND (MPH)  
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 23 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (340)  
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 31 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (340)  
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 12.1  
 
SKY COVER  
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM  
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4  
 
WEATHER CONDITIONS  
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.  
NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.  
 
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)  
HIGHEST 84 7:00 AM  
LOWEST 45 3:00 PM  
AVERAGE 65  
   
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THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY  
NORMAL RECORD YEAR  
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 81 94 2015  
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 60 39 1901  
 
SUNRISE AND SUNSET  
OCTOBER 16 2023.......SUNRISE 7:11 AM CDT SUNSET 6:36 PM CDT  
OCTOBER 17 2023.......SUNRISE 7:11 AM CDT SUNSET 6:35 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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