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CLILFT  
  
CLIMATE REPORT   
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA  
335 AM CDT SAT OCT 18 2025  
   
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..THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 17 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         87   1:31 PM  92    1936  81      6       74          
                                      2006                             
  MINIMUM         64   2:40 AM  38    1943  60      4       42          
  AVERAGE         76                        70      6       58       
  
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                      
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.45 1911   0.16  -0.16     0.00       
  MONTH TO DATE    0.14                      2.48  -2.34      T         
  SINCE SEP 1      3.59                      7.50  -3.91     5.59       
  SINCE JAN 1     60.86                     51.18   9.68    53.04       
  
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                                
  YESTERDAY        0.0           0.0    MM  MM     MM        0.0        
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                       0.0    0.0      0.0        
  SINCE SEP 1      0.0                      MM     MM        0.0        
  SINCE JUL 1      0.0                      MM     MM        0.0        
  SNOW DEPTH      MM                                                    
  
DEGREE DAYS                                                             
 HEATING                                                                
  YESTERDAY        0                         1     -1        7          
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         5     -5       11          
  SINCE SEP 1      0                         5     -5       11          
  SINCE JUL 1      0                         5     -5       11          
  
 COOLING                                                                
  YESTERDAY       11                         6      5        0          
  MONTH TO DATE  188                       146     42      180          
  SINCE SEP 1    642                       587     55      661          
  SINCE JAN 1   3033                      2861    172     3374           
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WIND (MPH)                                                              
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED     9   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     S (170)         
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    20   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SE (150)         
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     2.3                                          
  
SKY COVER                                                               
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                                   
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2                                                   
  
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                      
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                           
  FOG                                                                   
  
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)  
 HIGHEST   100           1:00 AM                                        
 LOWEST     50           1:00 PM                                        
 AVERAGE    75                                                          
   
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THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY  
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                       
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   81        91      1947                        
                                             1972                       
                                             2016                       
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   59        36      1948                        
  
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                      
OCTOBER 18 2025.......SUNRISE   7:12 AM CDT   SUNSET   6:33 PM CDT       
OCTOBER 19 2025.......SUNRISE   7:13 AM CDT   SUNSET   6:32 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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