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CDUS44 KLCH 160828  
CLILFT  
 
CLIMATE REPORT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA  
328 AM CDT WED OCT 16 2024  
   
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..THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 15 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 91 2:14 PM 92 1919 82 9 73  
2015  
2017  
MINIMUM 65 2:28 AM 39 1893 61 4 55  
1901  
AVERAGE 78 71 7 64  
 
PRECIPITATION (IN)  
YESTERDAY 0.00 4.09 1957 0.15 -0.15 0.00  
MONTH TO DATE T 2.15 -2.15 1.97  
SINCE SEP 1 5.59 7.17 -1.58 5.43  
SINCE JAN 1 53.04 50.85 2.19 34.27  
 
SNOWFALL (IN)  
YESTERDAY 0.0 0.0 MM MM MM 0.0  
MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0  
SINCE SEP 1 0.0 MM MM 0.0  
SINCE JUL 1 0.0 MM MM 0.0  
SNOW DEPTH MM  
 
DEGREE DAYS  
HEATING  
YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 1  
MONTH TO DATE 0 3 -3 3  
SINCE SEP 1 0 3 -3 3  
SINCE JUL 1 0 3 -3 3  
 
COOLING  
YESTERDAY 13 7 6 0  
MONTH TO DATE 180 134 46 116  
SINCE SEP 1 661 575 86 677  
SINCE JAN 1 3374 2849 525 3677    
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WIND (MPH)  
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (20)  
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 23 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (30)  
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.4  
 
SKY COVER  
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM  
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4  
 
WEATHER CONDITIONS  
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.  
NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.  
 
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)  
HIGHEST 87 8:00 AM  
LOWEST 41 3:00 PM  
AVERAGE 64  
   
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THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY  
NORMAL RECORD YEAR  
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 81 94 2015  
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 60 39 1901  
 
SUNRISE AND SUNSET  
OCTOBER 16 2024.......SUNRISE 7:11 AM CDT SUNSET 6:35 PM CDT  
OCTOBER 17 2024.......SUNRISE 7:12 AM CDT SUNSET 6:34 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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