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CLIMATE REPORT   
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA  
332 AM CDT THU MAY 22 2025  
   
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..THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 21 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         79  12:45 AM  96    1899  87     -8       89          
                                      2005                             
  MINIMUM         61   8:29 AM  50    1954  69     -8       74          
  AVERAGE         70                        78     -8       82       
  
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                      
  YESTERDAY        2.68          3.28 1983   0.17   2.51     0.00       
  MONTH TO DATE   12.89                      3.45   9.44     4.63       
  SINCE MAR 1     26.04                     12.08  13.96    15.55       
  SINCE JAN 1     34.02                     22.07  11.95    26.15       
  
DEGREE DAYS                                                             
 COOLING                                                                
  YESTERDAY        5                        13     -8       17          
  MONTH TO DATE  196                       220    -24      295          
  SINCE MAR 1    526                       455     71      609          
  SINCE JAN 1    602                       495    107      657           
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WIND (MPH)                                                              
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    24   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NE (30)          
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    36   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (280)         
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     3.3                                          
  
SKY COVER                                                               
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                                   
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4                                                   
  
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                      
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                           
  THUNDERSTORM                                                          
  HEAVY RAIN                                                            
  RAIN                                                                  
  LIGHT RAIN                                                            
  FOG                                                                   
  
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)  
 HIGHEST    97           9:00 AM                                        
 LOWEST     74           4:00 PM                                        
 AVERAGE    86                                                          
   
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THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY  
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                       
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   87        97      2005                        
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   69        50      1919                        
                                             1954                       
  
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                      
MAY 22 2025...........SUNRISE   6:10 AM CDT   SUNSET   7:59 PM CDT       
MAY 23 2025...........SUNRISE   6:10 AM CDT   SUNSET   8:00 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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