746
CDUS44 KLCH 162218
CLILFT
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA
518 PM CDT TUE JUL 16 2024
...............................
..THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 16 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
...............................................................
TEMPERATURE (F)
TODAY
MAXIMUM 93 1:00 PM 99 1924 91 2 98
1980
MINIMUM 77 2:36 PM 61 1967 75 2 73
AVERAGE 85 83 2 86
PRECIPITATION (IN)
TODAY 0.34 1.72 1986 0.21 0.13 1.22
MONTH TO DATE 3.57 3.45 0.12 2.72
SINCE JUN 1 6.71 10.54 -3.83 6.53
SINCE JAN 1 37.01 34.60 2.41 26.72
DEGREE DAYS
COOLING
TODAY 20 18 2 21
MONTH TO DATE 348 288 60 354
SINCE JUN 1 920 787 133 981
SINCE JAN 1 1751 1422 329 1879
...............................................................
WIND (MPH)
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (250)
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 23 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (250)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 2.1
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3
WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.
THUNDERSTORM
HEAVY RAIN
RAIN
FOG
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
HIGHEST 90 2:00 AM
LOWEST 58 12:00 PM
AVERAGE 74
......................................................
THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
NORMAL RECORD YEAR
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 92 100 1932
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 75 65 1945
1967
SUNRISE AND SUNSET
JULY 16 2024..........SUNRISE 6:18 AM CDT SUNSET 8:10 PM CDT
JULY 17 2024..........SUNRISE 6:18 AM CDT SUNSET 8:10 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