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CLIMATE REPORT   
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA  
326 AM CDT SAT MAY 03 2025  
   
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..THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 2 2025  
  
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)                                                            
 YESTERDAY                                                             
  MAXIMUM         82  10:45 AM  91    1943  83     -1       79          
                                      1955                             
  MINIMUM         66  11:59 PM  45    1908  64      2       74          
                                      1925                             
  AVERAGE         74                        73      1       77       
  
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                      
  YESTERDAY        1.24          2.88 1923   0.17   1.07     0.31       
  MONTH TO DATE    1.54                      0.34   1.20     0.31       
  SINCE MAR 1     14.69                      8.97   5.72    11.23       
  SINCE JAN 1     22.67                     18.96   3.71    21.83       
  
DEGREE DAYS                                                             
 COOLING                                                                
  YESTERDAY        9                         8      1       12          
  MONTH TO DATE   18                        16      2       23          
  SINCE MAR 1    348                       251     97      337          
  SINCE JAN 1    424                       291    133      385           
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WIND (MPH)                                                              
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    25   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     W (260)         
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    37   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (260)         
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     5.9                                          
  
SKY COVER                                                               
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                                   
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4                                                   
  
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                      
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                           
  THUNDERSTORM                                                          
  HEAVY RAIN                                                            
  RAIN                                                                  
  LIGHT RAIN                                                            
  FOG                                                                   
  
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)  
 HIGHEST    97          12:00 AM                                        
 LOWEST     65           1:00 PM                                        
 AVERAGE    81                                                          
   
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THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY  
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                       
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   83        94      1943                        
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   64        42      1929                        
  
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                      
MAY  3 2025...........SUNRISE   6:23 AM CDT   SUNSET   7:47 PM CDT       
MAY  4 2025...........SUNRISE   6:22 AM CDT   SUNSET   7:48 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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