819  
CDUS44 KLCH 312207  
CLILFT  
 
CLIMATE REPORT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA  
507 PM CDT THU OCT 31 2024  
   
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..THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 31 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 80 12:43 PM 90 1912 76 4 60  
1940  
MINIMUM 72 3:27 PM 27 1917 54 18 42  
AVERAGE 76 65 11 51  
 
PRECIPITATION (IN)  
TODAY 2.12 2.77 2015 0.15 1.97 0.01  
MONTH TO DATE 2.12 4.76 -2.64 2.01  
SINCE SEP 1 7.71 9.78 -2.07 5.47  
SINCE JAN 1 55.16 53.46 1.70 34.31  
 
SNOWFALL (IN)  
TODAY 0.0 0.0 MM MM MM 0.0  
MONTH TO DATE 0.0 MM MM 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 14  
MONTH TO DATE 14 32 -18 31  
SINCE SEP 1 14 32 -18 31  
SINCE JUL 1 14 32 -18 31  
 
COOLING  
TODAY 11 4 7 0  
MONTH TO DATE 276 210 66 245  
SINCE SEP 1 757 651 106 806  
SINCE JAN 1 3470 2925 545 3806    
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WIND (MPH)  
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (190)  
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 23 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (140)  
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.9  
 
SKY COVER  
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM  
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9  
 
WEATHER CONDITIONS  
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.  
THUNDERSTORM  
HEAVY RAIN  
RAIN  
LIGHT RAIN  
FOG  
 
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)  
HIGHEST 94 6:00 AM  
LOWEST 79 10:00 AM  
AVERAGE 87  
   
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THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW  
NORMAL RECORD YEAR  
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 76 91 1912  
1934  
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 54 30 1917  
 
SUNRISE AND SUNSET  
OCTOBER 31 2024.......SUNRISE 7:22 AM CDT SUNSET 6:21 PM CDT  
NOVEMBER 1 2024......SUNRISE 7:23 AM CDT SUNSET 6:20 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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