863  
CDUS44 KLCH 212218  
CLILCH  
 
CLIMATE REPORT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA  
518 PM CDT SAT OCT 21 2023  
   
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..THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 21 2023
 
 
VALID TODAY AS OF 0500 PM LOCAL TIME.  
 
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020  
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1895 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 1:16 PM 91 1899 81 9 81  
1941  
MINIMUM 56 6:14 AM 32 1917 58 -2 52  
AVERAGE 73 70 3 67  
 
PRECIPITATION (IN)  
TODAY 0.00 1.52 2019 0.17 -0.17 0.00  
MONTH TO DATE 0.71 3.21 -2.50 0.44  
SINCE SEP 1 3.53 8.39 -4.86 2.10  
SINCE JAN 1 35.26 49.47 -14.21 26.93  
 
SNOWFALL (IN)  
TODAY MM 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 0 1 -1 0  
MONTH TO DATE 17 5 12 37  
SINCE SEP 1 17 5 12 37  
SINCE JUL 1 17 5 12 37  
 
COOLING  
TODAY 8 6 2 2  
MONTH TO DATE 135 176 -41 116  
SINCE SEP 1 684 628 56 531  
SINCE JAN 1 3253 2936 317 2790    
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WIND (MPH)  
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (200)  
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 19 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (210)  
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.0  
 
SKY COVER  
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM  
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0  
 
WEATHER CONDITIONS  
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.  
FOG  
FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE  
 
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)  
HIGHEST 97 1:00 AM  
LOWEST 36 1:00 PM  
AVERAGE 67  
   
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THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW  
NORMAL RECORD YEAR  
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 80 92 1906  
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 58 34 1917  
 
SUNRISE AND SUNSET  
OCTOBER 21 2023.......SUNRISE 7:19 AM CDT SUNSET 6:36 PM CDT  
OCTOBER 22 2023.......SUNRISE 7:19 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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