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CDUS44 KLCH 072226
CLILFT
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA
526 PM CDT WED MAY 07 2025
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..THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 7 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 77 3:59 PM 92 1896 84 -7 87
1952
MINIMUM 66 12:19 PM 44 1898 65 1 79
AVERAGE 72 74 -2 83
PRECIPITATION (IN)
TODAY 2.60R 2.04 1976 0.17 2.43 0.00
MONTH TO DATE 6.20 1.19 5.01 1.16
SINCE MAR 1 19.35 9.82 9.53 12.08
SINCE JAN 1 27.33 19.81 7.52 22.68
DEGREE DAYS
COOLING
TODAY 7 10 -3 18
MONTH TO DATE 45 61 -16 90
SINCE MAR 1 375 296 79 404
SINCE JAN 1 451 336 115 452
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WIND (MPH)
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 21 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (360)
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 32 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (10)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.1
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7
WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.
THUNDERSTORM
HEAVY RAIN
RAIN
LIGHT RAIN
FOG
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
HIGHEST 97 10:00 AM
LOWEST 62 4:00 PM
AVERAGE 80
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THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
NORMAL RECORD YEAR
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 84 93 1998
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 65 45 1898
1917
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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