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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA
540 PM CDT FRI OCT 20 2023
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..THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 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 90 2:49 PM 91 1926 80 10 75
MINIMUM 65 5:15 AM 33 1989 59 6 38
AVERAGE 78 69 9 57
PRECIPITATION (IN)
TODAY 0.00 1.79 1902 0.18 -0.18 0.00
MONTH TO DATE 1.97 3.01 -1.04 0.03
SINCE SEP 1 5.43 8.03 -2.60 1.29
SINCE JAN 1 34.27 51.71 -17.44 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 0
DEGREE DAYS
HEATING
TODAY 0 1 -1 8
MONTH TO DATE 12 8 4 34
SINCE SEP 1 12 8 4 34
SINCE JUL 1 12 8 4 34
COOLING
TODAY 13 5 8 0
MONTH TO DATE 135 163 -28 131
SINCE SEP 1 696 604 92 562
SINCE JAN 1 3696 2878 818 3014
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WIND (MPH)
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (250)
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 19 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (260)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.0
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2
WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.
FOG
FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
HIGHEST 100 12:00 AM
LOWEST 32 4:00 PM
AVERAGE 66
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THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
NORMAL RECORD YEAR
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 80 92 1936
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 58 35 1917
SUNRISE AND SUNSET
OCTOBER 20 2023.......SUNRISE 7:13 AM CDT SUNSET 6:32 PM CDT
OCTOBER 21 2023.......SUNRISE 7:14 AM CDT SUNSET 6:31 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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