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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA
506 PM CDT THU OCT 08 2026
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..THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 8 2026
VALID TODAY AS OF 0500 PM LOCAL TIME.
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1893 TO 2026
WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST
VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR
NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
TODAY
MAXIMUM 89 2:30 PM 94 1928 84 5 90
MINIMUM 64 6:04 AM 36 1952 63 1 70
AVERAGE 77 74 3 80
PRECIPITATION (IN)
TODAY 0.00 5.75 2004 0.13 -0.13 T
MONTH TO DATE 0.87 1.14 -0.27 0.14
SINCE SEP 1 3.24 6.16 -2.92 3.59
SINCE JAN 1 47.03 49.84 -2.81 60.86
SNOWFALL (IN)
TODAY 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 0
DEGREE DAYS
HEATING
TODAY 0 0 0 0
MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0
SINCE SEP 1 0 0 0 0
SINCE JUL 1 0 0 0 0
COOLING
TODAY 12 9 3 15
MONTH TO DATE 118 80 38 109
SINCE SEP 1 650 521 129 563
SINCE JAN 1 3229 2795 434 2954
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WIND (MPH)
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 21 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (20)
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 26 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (30)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.4
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0
WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.
NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
HIGHEST 96 6:00 AM
LOWEST 42 2:00 PM
AVERAGE 69
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THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
NORMAL RECORD YEAR
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 84 95 1912
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 63 39 1921
SUNRISE AND SUNSET
OCTOBER 8 2026.......SUNRISE 7:06 AM CDT SUNSET 6:45 PM CDT
OCTOBER 9 2026.......SUNRISE 7:06 AM CDT SUNSET 6:44 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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