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CLILFT  
  
CLIMATE REPORT   
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA  
512 PM CDT WED OCT 30 2024  
   
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..THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 30 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         88  12:48 PM  89    1951  77     11       72          
  MINIMUM         71   6:55 AM  30    1917  55     16       48          
  AVERAGE         80                        66     14       60       
  
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                      
  TODAY            0.00          3.53 1967   0.15  -0.15     0.01       
  MONTH TO DATE    T                         4.61  -4.61     2.00       
  SINCE SEP 1      5.59                      9.63  -4.04     5.46       
  SINCE JAN 1     53.04                     53.31  -0.27    34.30       
  
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                         3     -3        5          
  MONTH TO DATE   14                        29    -15       17          
  SINCE SEP 1     14                        29    -15       17          
  SINCE JUL 1     14                        29    -15       17          
  
 COOLING                                                                
  TODAY           15                         4     11        0          
  MONTH TO DATE  265                       207     58      245          
  SINCE SEP 1    746                       648     98      806          
  SINCE JAN 1   3459                      2922    537     3806           
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WIND (MPH)                                                              
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    14   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     S (160)         
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    25   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SE (150)         
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     5.4                                          
  
SKY COVER                                                               
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                                   
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4                                                   
  
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                      
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.                               
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                                    
  
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)  
 HIGHEST    93           2:00 AM                                        
 LOWEST     55           1:00 PM                                        
 AVERAGE    74                                                          
   
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THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW  
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                       
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   76        90      1912                        
                                             1940                       
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   54        27      1917                        
  
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                      
OCTOBER 30 2024.......SUNRISE   7:21 AM CDT   SUNSET   6:22 PM CDT       
OCTOBER 31 2024.......SUNRISE   7:22 AM CDT   SUNSET   6:21 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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