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CLIMATE REPORT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA  
531 PM CDT WED APR 24 2024  
   
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..THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 24 2024  
 
VALID TODAY AS OF 0500 PM LOCAL TIME.  
 
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020  
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1893 TO 2024  
 
WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST  
VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR  
NORMAL    
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TEMPERATURE (F)  
TODAY  
MAXIMUM 84 3:43 PM 90 1955 81 3 73  
2006  
MINIMUM 61 6:01 AM 42 1910 61 0 56  
AVERAGE 73 71 2 65  
 
PRECIPITATION (IN)  
TODAY 0.00 3.72 1953 0.18 -0.18 0.00  
MONTH TO DATE 2.26 3.84 -1.58 6.17  
SINCE MAR 1 8.92 7.56 1.36 7.39  
SINCE JAN 1 19.52 17.55 1.97 17.75  
 
SNOWFALL (IN)  
TODAY 0.0 0.0 MM MM MM 0.0  
MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0  
SINCE MAR 1 0.0 MM MM 0.0  
SINCE JUL 1 T MM MM 0.0  
SNOW DEPTH MM  
 
DEGREE DAYS  
HEATING  
TODAY 0 0 0 0  
MONTH TO DATE 12 36 -24 7  
SINCE MAR 1 83 172 -89 102  
SINCE JUL 1 1105 1373 -268 1025  
 
COOLING  
TODAY 8 7 1 0  
MONTH TO DATE 157 119 38 124  
SINCE MAR 1 248 192 56 301  
SINCE JAN 1 296 232 64 453    
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WIND (MPH)  
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 7 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (50)  
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 11 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (40)  
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 0.9  
 
SKY COVER  
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM  
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7  
 
WEATHER CONDITIONS  
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.  
NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.  
 
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)  
HIGHEST 100 6:00 AM  
LOWEST 55 1:00 PM  
AVERAGE 78  
   
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THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW  
NORMAL RECORD YEAR  
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 81 92 1925  
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 62 45 1968  
 
SUNRISE AND SUNSET  
APRIL 24 2024.........SUNRISE 6:31 AM CDT SUNSET 7:42 PM CDT  
APRIL 25 2024.........SUNRISE 6:30 AM CDT SUNSET 7:42 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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