CDUS44 KLCH 040835 CLILCH CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 335 AM CDT SAT MAY 04 2024 ................................... ...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 3 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 75 5:30 PM 96 1984 82 -7 83 MINIMUM 67 9:32 AM 45 1929 64 3 62 2013 AVERAGE 71 73 -2 73 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.95 5.49 2017 0.16 0.79 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 4.59 0.49 4.10 0.00 SINCE MAR 1 13.29 8.60 4.69 12.05 SINCE JAN 1 26.61 17.75 8.86 19.46 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 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE MAR 1 84 164 -80 135 SINCE JUL 1 1168 1312 -144 1225 COOLING YESTERDAY 6 8 -2 8 MONTH TO DATE 24 24 0 15 SINCE MAR 1 295 254 41 247 SINCE JAN 1 329 292 37 343 ................................................................... WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 26 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (150) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 33 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (150) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 12:00 AM LOWEST 87 5:00 AM AVERAGE 94 .......................................................... THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 83 91 1943 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 64 42 2013 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 4 2024...........SUNRISE 6:27 AM CDT SUNSET 7:53 PM CDT MAY 5 2024...........SUNRISE 6:26 AM CDT SUNSET 7:53 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$