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CLIMATE REPORT   
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA  
515 PM CDT WED OCT 16 2024  
   
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..THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 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              
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                            
 TODAY                                                                 
  MAXIMUM         72   3:24 PM  94    2015  81     -9       71          
  MINIMUM         56   7:30 AM  39    1901  60     -4       52          
  AVERAGE         64                        71     -7       62       
  
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                      
  TODAY            0.00          1.80 2018   0.17  -0.17     0.00       
  MONTH TO DATE    T                         2.32  -2.32     1.97       
  SINCE SEP 1      5.59                      7.34  -1.75     5.43       
  SINCE JAN 1     53.04                     51.02   2.02    34.27       
  
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                                
  TODAY            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       0                                                   
  
DEGREE DAYS                                                             
 HEATING                                                                
  TODAY            1                         1      0        3          
  MONTH TO DATE    1                         4     -3        6          
  SINCE SEP 1      1                         4     -3        6          
  SINCE JUL 1      1                         4     -3        6          
  
 COOLING                                                                
  TODAY            0                         6     -6        0          
  MONTH TO DATE  180                       140     40      116          
  SINCE SEP 1    661                       581     80      677          
  SINCE JAN 1   3374                      2855    519     3677           
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WIND (MPH)                                                              
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    21   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     N (20)          
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    30   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     N (20)          
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    14.3                                          
  
SKY COVER                                                               
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                                   
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0                                                   
  
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                      
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.                               
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                                    
  
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)  
 HIGHEST    60           5:00 AM                                        
 LOWEST     23           2:00 PM                                        
 AVERAGE    42                                                          
   
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THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW  
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                       
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   81        92      1936                        
                                             2006                       
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   60        38      1943                        
  
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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