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CDUS44 KLCH 202207  
CLILFT  
 
CLIMATE REPORT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA  
507 PM CDT SUN OCT 20 2024  
   
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..THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 20 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 84 2:00 PM 91 1926 80 4 90  
MINIMUM 55 6:18 AM 33 1989 59 -4 65  
AVERAGE 70 69 1 78  
 
PRECIPITATION (IN)  
TODAY 0.00 1.79 1902 0.18 -0.18 0.00  
MONTH TO DATE T 3.01 -3.01 1.97  
SINCE SEP 1 5.59 8.03 -2.44 5.43  
SINCE JAN 1 53.04 51.71 1.33 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 MM  
 
DEGREE DAYS  
HEATING  
TODAY 0 1 -1 0  
MONTH TO DATE 14 8 6 12  
SINCE SEP 1 14 8 6 12  
SINCE JUL 1 14 8 6 12  
 
COOLING  
TODAY 5 5 0 13  
MONTH TO DATE 190 163 27 135  
SINCE SEP 1 671 604 67 696  
SINCE JAN 1 3384 2878 506 3696    
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WIND (MPH)  
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (20)  
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 20 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (50)  
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.1  
 
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 93 1:00 AM  
LOWEST 32 4:00 PM  
AVERAGE 63  
   
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THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW  
NORMAL RECORD YEAR  
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 80 92 1936  
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 58 35 1917  
 
SUNRISE AND SUNSET  
OCTOBER 20 2024.......SUNRISE 7:14 AM CDT SUNSET 6:31 PM CDT  
OCTOBER 21 2024.......SUNRISE 7:14 AM CDT SUNSET 6:30 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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