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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA
335 AM CDT SAT MAY 04 2024
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..THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 3 2024
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)
YESTERDAY
MAXIMUM 78 1:43 PM 94 1943 83 -5 86
MINIMUM 67 10:31 AM 42 1929 64 3 65
AVERAGE 73 73 0 76
PRECIPITATION (IN)
YESTERDAY 0.85 6.41 2017 0.17 0.68 0.00
MONTH TO DATE 1.16 0.51 0.65 0.00
SINCE MAR 1 12.08 9.14 2.94 7.91
SINCE JAN 1 22.68 19.13 3.55 18.27
DEGREE DAYS
COOLING
YESTERDAY 8 8 0 11
MONTH TO DATE 31 24 7 22
SINCE MAR 1 345 259 86 355
SINCE JAN 1 393 299 94 507
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WIND (MPH)
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (300)
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 25 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (300)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.3
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5
WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.
THUNDERSTORM
HEAVY RAIN
RAIN
LIGHT RAIN
FOG
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
HIGHEST 100 12:00 AM
LOWEST 74 2:00 PM
AVERAGE 87
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THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
NORMAL RECORD YEAR
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 83 95 1952
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 64 44 1921
1954
2013
SUNRISE AND SUNSET
MAY 4 2024...........SUNRISE 6:22 AM CDT SUNSET 7:48 PM CDT
MAY 5 2024...........SUNRISE 6:21 AM CDT SUNSET 7:49 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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