


Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Lake Charles, LA
Issued by NWS Lake Charles, LA
933 CXUS54 KLCH 010928 CLMAEX CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 428 AM CDT THU MAY 01 2025 ................................... ...THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL 2025... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1892 TO 2025 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 94 04/21/1987 04/20/1987 04/19/1987 LOW 18 04/05/2019 HIGHEST 88 04/03 MM MM 87 04/19 04/27 04/28 LOWEST 42 04/08 MM MM 37 04/04 AVG. MAXIMUM 81.0 78.1 2.9 79.8 AVG. MINIMUM 60.5 55.1 5.4 57.5 MEAN 70.8 66.6 4.2 68.7 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.6 -0.6 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 0 0.1 -0.1 0 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 14.76 1991 MINIMUM 0.38 1930 TOTALS 6.45 4.94 1.51 10.23 DAILY AVG. 0.22 0.16 0.06 0.34 DAYS >= .01 10 9.4 0.6 8 DAYS >= .10 6 5.2 0.8 7 DAYS >= .50 3 2.5 0.5 6 DAYS >= 1.00 3 1.5 1.5 4 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 3.36 04/05 TO 04/06 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL T 5 TOTALS 0.0 MM MM 0.0 SINCE 7/1 2.7 MM MM MM SNOWDEPTH AVG. MM 0 DAYS >= 1.0 0 MM MM 0 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH MM 0 MM 24 HR TOTAL MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 39 65 -26 35 SINCE 7/1 1597 1888 -291 MM COOLING TOTAL 217 113 104 149 SINCE 1/1 338 175 163 MM ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.0 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 32/140 DATE 04/22 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 45/160 DATE 04/02 45/170 04/04 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.42 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 14 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 9 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 7 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 74 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 5 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 5 RAIN 7 LIGHT RAIN 12 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 20 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 2 HAZE 10 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$