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CLILCH
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA
512 PM CDT SAT OCT 17 2026
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..THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 17 2026
VALID TODAY AS OF 0500 PM LOCAL TIME.
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1895 TO 2026
WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST
VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR
NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
TODAY
MAXIMUM 73 3:33 PM 93 1915 82 -9 88
MINIMUM 53 6:45 AM 40 1943 60 -7 68
AVERAGE 63 71 -8 78
PRECIPITATION (IN)
TODAY 0.00 2.48 1928 0.17 -0.17 0.00
MONTH TO DATE 0.25 2.52 -2.27 0.37
SINCE SEP 1 3.58 7.70 -4.12 2.67
SINCE JAN 1 33.64 48.78 -15.14 41.01
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 2 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 0 6 -6 13
MONTH TO DATE 233 152 81 210
SINCE SEP 1 788 604 184 677
SINCE JAN 1 3362 2912 450 3095
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WIND (MPH)
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 28 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (30)
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 39 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (20)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 17.8
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 59 6:00 AM
LOWEST 32 2:00 PM
AVERAGE 46
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THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
NORMAL RECORD YEAR
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 82 92 1929
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 60 36 1948
SUNRISE AND SUNSET
OCTOBER 17 2026.......SUNRISE 7:16 AM CDT SUNSET 6:40 PM CDT
OCTOBER 18 2026.......SUNRISE 7:17 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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