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CDUS44 KLCH 060835
CLILFT
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA
335 AM CDT MON MAY 06 2024
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..THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 5 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 84 2:28 PM 94 1952 83 1 89
MINIMUM 73 11:59 PM 44 1954 64 9 73
AVERAGE 79 74 5 81
PRECIPITATION (IN)
YESTERDAY 0.00 1.61 1969 0.17 -0.17 0.01
MONTH TO DATE 1.16 0.85 0.31 0.01
SINCE MAR 1 12.08 9.48 2.60 7.92
SINCE JAN 1 22.68 19.47 3.21 18.28
DEGREE DAYS
COOLING
YESTERDAY 14 9 5 16
MONTH TO DATE 58 42 16 48
SINCE MAR 1 372 277 95 381
SINCE JAN 1 420 317 103 533
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WIND (MPH)
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 22 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (150)
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 39 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (140)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.6
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5
WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.
NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
HIGHEST 100 2:00 AM
LOWEST 69 2:00 PM
AVERAGE 85
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THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
NORMAL RECORD YEAR
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 84 92 1895
1920
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 65 48 1954
1957
2013
SUNRISE AND SUNSET
MAY 6 2024...........SUNRISE 6:20 AM CDT SUNSET 7:49 PM CDT
MAY 7 2024...........SUNRISE 6:19 AM CDT SUNSET 7:50 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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