637  
CDUS44 KLCH 172226  
CLILFT  
 
CLIMATE REPORT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA  
526 PM CDT TUE OCT 17 2023  
   
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..THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 17 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 75 3:16 PM 92 1936 81 -6 77  
2006  
MINIMUM 47 6:09 AM 38 1943 60 -13 57  
AVERAGE 61 70 -9 67  
 
PRECIPITATION (IN)  
TODAY 0.00 1.45 1911 0.16 -0.16 T  
MONTH TO DATE 1.97 2.48 -0.51 0.03  
SINCE SEP 1 5.43 7.50 -2.07 1.29  
SINCE JAN 1 34.27 51.18 -16.91 43.34  
 
SNOWFALL (IN)  
TODAY 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  
TODAY 4 1 3 0  
MONTH TO DATE 10 5 5 0  
SINCE SEP 1 10 5 5 0  
SINCE JUL 1 10 5 5 0  
 
COOLING  
TODAY 0 6 -6 2  
MONTH TO DATE 116 146 -30 131  
SINCE SEP 1 677 587 90 562  
SINCE JAN 1 3677 2861 816 3014    
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WIND (MPH)  
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 12 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (320)  
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 15 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (310)  
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.1  
 
SKY COVER  
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM  
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0  
 
WEATHER CONDITIONS  
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.  
NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.  
 
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)  
HIGHEST 96 6:00 AM  
LOWEST 35 4:00 PM  
AVERAGE 66  
   
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THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW  
NORMAL RECORD YEAR  
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 81 91 1947  
1972  
2016  
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 59 36 1948  
 
SUNRISE AND SUNSET  
OCTOBER 17 2023.......SUNRISE 7:11 AM CDT SUNSET 6:35 PM CDT  
OCTOBER 18 2023.......SUNRISE 7:12 AM CDT SUNSET 6:34 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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