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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA
541 PM CDT THU MAY 01 2025
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..THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 1 2025
VALID TODAY AS OF 0500 PM LOCAL TIME.
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1893 TO 2025
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 2:48 PM 93 1901 82 2 88
MINIMUM 64 5:53 AM 42 1925 63 1 63
AVERAGE 74 73 1 76
PRECIPITATION (IN)
TODAY 0.30 4.45 1957 0.17 0.13 0.00
MONTH TO DATE 0.30 0.17 0.13 0.00
SINCE MAR 1 13.45 8.80 4.65 10.92
SINCE JAN 1 21.43 18.79 2.64 21.52
SNOWFALL (IN)
TODAY 0.0 0.0 MM MM MM 0.0
MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
SINCE MAR 1 0.0 MM MM 0.0
SINCE JUL 1 9.0 MM MM T
SNOW DEPTH MM
DEGREE DAYS
HEATING
TODAY 0 0 0 0
MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0
SINCE MAR 1 110 174 -64 83
SINCE JUL 1 1166 1375 -209 1105
COOLING
TODAY 9 8 1 11
MONTH TO DATE 9 8 1 11
SINCE MAR 1 339 243 96 325
SINCE JAN 1 415 283 132 373
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WIND (MPH)
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 21 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (170)
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 30 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (190)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.0
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5
WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.
THUNDERSTORM
HEAVY RAIN
LIGHT RAIN
FOG
HAZE
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
HIGHEST 96 1:00 AM
LOWEST 60 11:00 AM
AVERAGE 78
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THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
NORMAL RECORD YEAR
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 83 91 1943
1955
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 64 45 1908
1925
SUNRISE AND SUNSET
MAY 1 2025...........SUNRISE 6:25 AM CDT SUNSET 7:46 PM CDT
MAY 2 2025...........SUNRISE 6:24 AM CDT SUNSET 7:47 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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