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CLILFT  
  
CLIMATE REPORT   
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA  
315 AM CDT TUE MAY 13 2025  
   
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..THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 12 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         76   5:07 PM  93    1916  85     -9       80          
                                      1922                             
                                      2022                             
  MINIMUM         60   5:40 AM  44    1924  66     -6       69          
  AVERAGE         68                        76     -8       75       
  
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                      
  YESTERDAY        0.00          6.86 2004   0.16  -0.16     0.18       
  MONTH TO DATE   10.21                      2.03   8.18     1.35       
  SINCE MAR 1     23.36                     10.66  12.70    12.27       
  SINCE JAN 1     31.34                     20.65  10.69    22.87       
  
DEGREE DAYS                                                             
 COOLING                                                                
  YESTERDAY        3                        11     -8       10          
  MONTH TO DATE   63                       112    -49      165          
  SINCE MAR 1    393                       347     46      479          
  SINCE JAN 1    469                       387     82      527           
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WIND (MPH)                                                              
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    14   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     W (270)         
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    25   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SW (240)         
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     5.7                                          
  
SKY COVER                                                               
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                                   
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6                                                   
  
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                      
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                           
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                                    
  
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)  
 HIGHEST    93          12:00 AM                                        
 LOWEST     55           6:00 PM                                        
 AVERAGE    74                                                          
   
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THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY  
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                       
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   85        93      1920                        
                                             2007                       
                                             2018                       
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   67        44      1895                        
  
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                      
MAY 13 2025...........SUNRISE   6:15 AM CDT   SUNSET   7:54 PM CDT       
MAY 14 2025...........SUNRISE   6:15 AM CDT   SUNSET   7:54 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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