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CDUS44 KLCH 070837
CLILFT
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA
337 AM CDT WED MAY 07 2025
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..THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 6 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 80 2:36 PM 92 1895 84 -4 87
1920
MINIMUM 66 4:22 AM 48 1954 65 1 71
1957
2013
AVERAGE 73 74 -1 79
PRECIPITATION (IN)
YESTERDAY 1.90 5.15 1935 0.17 1.73 0.00
MONTH TO DATE 3.60 1.02 2.58 1.16
SINCE MAR 1 16.75 9.65 7.10 12.08
SINCE JAN 1 24.73 19.64 5.09 22.68
DEGREE DAYS
COOLING
YESTERDAY 8 9 -1 14
MONTH TO DATE 38 51 -13 72
SINCE MAR 1 368 286 82 386
SINCE JAN 1 444 326 118 434
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WIND (MPH)
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (10)
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 33 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (160)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.5
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8
WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.
THUNDERSTORM
HEAVY RAIN
RAIN
LIGHT RAIN
FOG
HAZE
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
HIGHEST 97 12:00 PM
LOWEST 79 8:00 PM
AVERAGE 88
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THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
NORMAL RECORD YEAR
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 84 92 1896
1952
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 65 44 1898
SUNRISE AND SUNSET
MAY 7 2025...........SUNRISE 6:20 AM CDT SUNSET 7:50 PM CDT
MAY 8 2025...........SUNRISE 6:19 AM CDT SUNSET 7:51 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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