328  
CDUS44 KLCH 162215  
CLILFT  
 
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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