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CDUS44 KLCH 042225  
CLILFT  
  
CLIMATE REPORT   
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA  
525 PM CDT SUN MAY 04 2025  
   
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..THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 4 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         78   3:58 PM  95    1952  83     -5       87          
  MINIMUM         56   4:42 AM  44    1921  64     -8       69          
                                      1954                             
                                      2013                             
  AVERAGE         67                        74     -7       78       
  
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                      
  TODAY            0.00          1.73 1944   0.17  -0.17     0.00       
  MONTH TO DATE    1.63                      0.68   0.95     1.16       
  SINCE MAR 1     14.78                      9.31   5.47    12.08       
  SINCE JAN 1     22.76                     19.30   3.46    22.68       
  
DEGREE DAYS                                                             
 COOLING                                                                
  TODAY            2                         9     -7       13          
  MONTH TO DATE   27                        33     -6       44          
  SINCE MAR 1    357                       268     89      358          
  SINCE JAN 1    433                       308    125      406           
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WIND (MPH)                                                              
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    12   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (330)         
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    17   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     N (340)         
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     4.5                                          
  
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    87           6:00 AM                                        
 LOWEST     33           4:00 PM                                        
 AVERAGE    60                                                          
   
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THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW  
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                       
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   83        94      1952                        
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   64        44      1954                        
  
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                      
MAY  4 2025...........SUNRISE   6:22 AM CDT   SUNSET   7:48 PM CDT       
MAY  5 2025...........SUNRISE   6:21 AM CDT   SUNSET   7:49 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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