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CDUS44 KLCH 170810
CLILFT
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA
310 AM CDT FRI MAY 17 2024
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..THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 16 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 88 2:20 PM 95 2018 86 2 90
MINIMUM 68 5:39 AM 46 1926 67 1 68
AVERAGE 78 77 1 79
PRECIPITATION (IN)
YESTERDAY 1.27 10.38 1980 0.16 1.11 0.00
MONTH TO DATE 4.40 2.64 1.76 1.74
SINCE MAR 1 15.32 11.27 4.05 9.65
SINCE JAN 1 25.92 21.26 4.66 20.01
DEGREE DAYS
COOLING
YESTERDAY 13 12 1 14
MONTH TO DATE 217 158 59 204
SINCE MAR 1 531 393 138 537
SINCE JAN 1 579 433 146 689
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WIND (MPH)
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 45 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (310)
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 69 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (320)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.7
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3
WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.
THUNDERSTORM
HEAVY RAIN
RAIN
LIGHT RAIN
FOG
FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
HIGHEST 100 9:00 PM
LOWEST 52 2:00 PM
AVERAGE 76
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THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
NORMAL RECORD YEAR
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 86 95 2018
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 68 50 1926
SUNRISE AND SUNSET
MAY 17 2024...........SUNRISE 6:13 AM CDT SUNSET 7:57 PM CDT
MAY 18 2024...........SUNRISE 6:12 AM CDT SUNSET 7:57 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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