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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA
519 PM CDT FRI MAY 12 2023
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..THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 12 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 89 1:46 PM 93 1916 85 4 93
1922
2022
MINIMUM 78 5:09 AM 44 1924 66 12 70
AVERAGE 84 76 8 82
PRECIPITATION (IN)
TODAY 0.00 6.86 2004 0.16 -0.16 0.00
MONTH TO DATE 1.20 2.03 -0.83 0.99
SINCE MAR 1 9.11 10.66 -1.55 6.71
SINCE JAN 1 19.47 20.65 -1.18 10.47
DEGREE DAYS
COOLING
TODAY 19 11 8 17
MONTH TO DATE 141 112 29 171
SINCE MAR 1 474 347 127 383
SINCE JAN 1 626 387 239 425
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WIND (MPH)
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (170)
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 27 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (170)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.9
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8
WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.
NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
HIGHEST 90 12:00 AM
LOWEST 63 4:00 PM
AVERAGE 77
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THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
NORMAL RECORD YEAR
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 85 93 1920
2007
2018
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 67 44 1895
SUNRISE AND SUNSET
MAY 12 2023...........SUNRISE 6:16 AM CDT SUNSET 7:53 PM CDT
MAY 13 2023...........SUNRISE 6:16 AM CDT SUNSET 7:53 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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