541  
CDUS44 KLCH 212210  
CLILFT  
 
CLIMATE REPORT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA  
510 PM CDT MON OCT 21 2024  
   
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..THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 21 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 85 1:57 PM 92 1936 80 5 88  
MINIMUM 51 6:38 AM 35 1917 58 -7 58  
AVERAGE 68 69 -1 73  
 
PRECIPITATION (IN)  
TODAY 0.00 1.75 1898 0.17 -0.17 0.00  
MONTH TO DATE T 3.18 -3.18 1.97  
SINCE SEP 1 5.59 8.20 -2.61 5.43  
SINCE JAN 1 53.04 51.88 1.16 34.27  
 
SNOWFALL (IN)  
TODAY MM 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 9 5 12  
SINCE SEP 1 14 9 5 12  
SINCE JUL 1 14 9 5 12  
 
COOLING  
TODAY 3 5 -2 8  
MONTH TO DATE 193 168 25 143  
SINCE SEP 1 674 609 65 704  
SINCE JAN 1 3387 2883 504 3704    
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WIND (MPH)  
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 9 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (20)  
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 12 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (360)  
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 2.4  
 
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 24 3:00 PM  
AVERAGE 59  
   
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THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW  
NORMAL RECORD YEAR  
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 79 92 1939  
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 58 36 1917  
1923  
 
SUNRISE AND SUNSET  
OCTOBER 21 2024.......SUNRISE 7:14 AM CDT SUNSET 6:30 PM CDT  
OCTOBER 22 2024.......SUNRISE 7:15 AM CDT SUNSET 6:29 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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