122
CDUS44 KLCH 180826
CLILFT
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA
326 AM CDT SAT MAY 18 2024
...............................
..THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 17 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
...............................................................
TEMPERATURE (F)
YESTERDAY
MAXIMUM 78 1:20 PM 95 2018 86 -8 85
MINIMUM 71 12:27 AM 50 1926 68 3 73
AVERAGE 75 77 -2 79
PRECIPITATION (IN)
YESTERDAY 0.23 6.37 2021 0.16 0.07 0.00
MONTH TO DATE 4.63 2.80 1.83 1.74
SINCE MAR 1 15.55 11.43 4.12 9.65
SINCE JAN 1 26.15 21.42 4.73 20.01
DEGREE DAYS
COOLING
YESTERDAY 10 12 -2 14
MONTH TO DATE 227 170 57 218
SINCE MAR 1 541 405 136 551
SINCE JAN 1 589 445 144 703
...............................................................
WIND (MPH)
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (360)
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 20 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (100)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.0
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7
WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.
THUNDERSTORM
RAIN
LIGHT RAIN
FOG
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
HIGHEST 100 12:00 AM
LOWEST 85 1:00 PM
AVERAGE 93
......................................................
THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
NORMAL RECORD YEAR
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 87 94 1988
1998
2018
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 68 53 1893
1945
SUNRISE AND SUNSET
MAY 18 2024...........SUNRISE 6:12 AM CDT SUNSET 7:57 PM CDT
MAY 19 2024...........SUNRISE 6:12 AM CDT SUNSET 7:58 PM CDT
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.
CLICK HERE TO GO TO PREVIOUS BULLETINS.
Main Text Page