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CLIMATE REPORT   
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA  
320 AM CDT MON MAY 19 2025  
   
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..THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 18 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         88   3:17 PM  94    1988  87      1       90          
                                      1998                             
                                      2018                             
  MINIMUM         77   6:28 AM  53    1893  68      9       71          
                                      1945                             
  AVERAGE         83                        77      6       81       
  
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                      
  YESTERDAY        0.00          3.78 1953   0.16  -0.16      T         
  MONTH TO DATE   10.21                      2.96   7.25     4.63       
  SINCE MAR 1     23.36                     11.59  11.77    15.55       
  SINCE JAN 1     31.34                     21.58   9.76    26.15       
  
DEGREE DAYS                                                             
 COOLING                                                                
  YESTERDAY       18                        12      6       16          
  MONTH TO DATE  157                       182    -25      243          
  SINCE MAR 1    487                       417     70      557          
  SINCE JAN 1    563                       457    106      605           
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WIND (MPH)                                                              
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    18   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     S (190)         
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    26   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     S (180)         
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     8.8                                          
  
SKY COVER                                                               
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                                   
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3                                                   
  
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                      
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                           
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                                    
  
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)  
 HIGHEST    94           4:00 AM                                        
 LOWEST     57           4:00 PM                                        
 AVERAGE    76                                                          
   
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THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY  
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                       
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   87        94      1899                        
                                             1956                       
                                             1998                       
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   68        50      2002                        
  
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                      
MAY 19 2025...........SUNRISE   6:12 AM CDT   SUNSET   7:58 PM CDT       
MAY 20 2025...........SUNRISE   6:11 AM CDT   SUNSET   7:58 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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