CDUS44 KLCH 190822 CLILCH CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 322 AM CDT FRI APR 19 2024 ................................... ...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 18 2024... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1895 TO 2024 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL ................................................................... TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 83 3:01 PM 89 1908 79 4 71 1948 MINIMUM 73 3:19 AM 41 1999 60 13 54 AVERAGE 78 70 8 63 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 3.48 1938 0.15 -0.15 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.97 2.57 -1.60 8.62 SINCE MAR 1 5.65 6.24 -0.59 10.18 SINCE JAN 1 18.97 15.39 3.58 17.59 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.0 MM MM MM 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 0.0 MM MM T SINCE JUL 1 T MM MM T SNOW DEPTH MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 2 MONTH TO DATE 4 30 -26 23 SINCE MAR 1 77 160 -83 130 SINCE JUL 1 1161 1308 -147 1220 COOLING YESTERDAY 13 6 7 0 MONTH TO DATE 111 82 29 70 SINCE MAR 1 186 153 33 201 SINCE JAN 1 220 191 29 297 ................................................................... WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 29 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (160) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 37 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (160) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 96 3:00 AM LOWEST 67 1:00 PM AVERAGE 82 .......................................................... THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 80 92 1908 1965 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 60 42 1939 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 19 2024.........SUNRISE 6:41 AM CDT SUNSET 7:43 PM CDT APRIL 20 2024.........SUNRISE 6:40 AM CDT SUNSET 7:44 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$