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CDUS44 KLCH 182229
CLILCH
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA
529 PM CDT SAT OCT 18 2025
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..THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 18 2025
VALID TODAY AS OF 0500 PM LOCAL TIME.
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1895 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 88 11:37 AM 92 1929 82 6 79
MINIMUM 70 12:33 AM 36 1948 60 10 46
AVERAGE 79 71 8 63
PRECIPITATION (IN)
TODAY 0.07 3.45 1980 0.17 -0.10 0.00
MONTH TO DATE 0.44 2.69 -2.25 0.00
SINCE SEP 1 2.74 7.87 -5.13 1.09
SINCE JAN 1 41.08 48.95 -7.87 58.73
SNOWFALL (IN)
TODAY MM 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
TODAY 0 1 -1 2
MONTH TO DATE 0 2 -2 13
SINCE SEP 1 0 2 -2 13
SINCE JUL 1 0 2 -2 13
COOLING
TODAY 14 6 8 0
MONTH TO DATE 224 158 66 183
SINCE SEP 1 691 610 81 666
SINCE JAN 1 3109 2918 191 3172
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WIND (MPH)
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (170)
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 30 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (160)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.0
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6
WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.
LIGHT RAIN
FOG
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
HIGHEST 93 2:00 AM
LOWEST 65 11:00 AM
AVERAGE 79
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THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
NORMAL RECORD YEAR
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 81 90 1926
1941
2016
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 59 36 2022
SUNRISE AND SUNSET
OCTOBER 18 2025.......SUNRISE 7:17 AM CDT SUNSET 6:38 PM CDT
OCTOBER 19 2025.......SUNRISE 7:18 AM CDT SUNSET 6:37 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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