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CLILFT
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA
505 PM CDT SAT AUG 31 2024
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..THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 31 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
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TEMPERATURE (F)
TODAY
MAXIMUM 81 2:23 PM 103 2000 91 -10 98
MINIMUM 72 8:49 AM 60 1946 74 -2 69
AVERAGE 77 82 -5 84
PRECIPITATION (IN)
TODAY 1.15R 1.02 1927 0.20 0.95 0.00
MONTH TO DATE 4.33 6.26 -1.93 1.10
SINCE JUN 1 17.15 19.62 -2.47 8.65
SINCE JAN 1 47.45 43.68 3.77 28.84
DEGREE DAYS
COOLING
TODAY 12 18 -6 19
MONTH TO DATE 678 573 105 792
SINCE JUN 1 1882 1639 243 2102
SINCE JAN 1 2713 2274 439 3000
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WIND (MPH)
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (150)
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 21 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (130)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.5
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7
WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.
RAIN
LIGHT RAIN
FOG
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
HIGHEST 100 12:00 AM
LOWEST 85 3:00 PM
AVERAGE 93
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THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
NORMAL RECORD YEAR
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 91 101 2000
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 74 57 1915
SUNRISE AND SUNSET
AUGUST 31 2024........SUNRISE 6:45 AM CDT SUNSET 7:31 PM CDT
SEPTEMBER 1 2024.....SUNRISE 6:45 AM CDT SUNSET 7:30 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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