


Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Lake Charles, LA
Issued by NWS Lake Charles, LA
833 CXUS54 KLCH 010928 CLMLCH CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 428 AM CDT THU MAY 01 2025 ................................... ...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL 2025... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1895 TO 2025 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 95 04/28/1987 LOW 30 04/13/1913 04/11/1913 HIGHEST 86 04/28 MM MM 85 04/27 04/29 04/30 04/28 04/30 LOWEST 42 04/08 MM MM 45 04/04 AVG. MAXIMUM 80.5 79.0 1.5 79.9 AVG. MINIMUM 62.2 59.3 2.9 61.9 MEAN 71.3 69.1 2.2 70.9 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.1 -0.1 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 15.30 1940 MINIMUM 0.11 2010 TOTALS 0.72 4.44 -3.72 4.02 DAILY AVG. 0.02 0.15 -0.13 0.13 DAYS >= .01 4 7.2 -3.2 6 DAYS >= .10 2 4.6 -2.6 4 DAYS >= .50 0 2.6 -2.6 2 DAYS >= 1.00 0 1.5 -1.5 1 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.65 04/05 TO 04/06 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL MM 5 TOTALS 0.0 MM MM 0.0 SINCE 7/1 5.5 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 32 34 -2 11 SINCE 7/1 1196 1312 -116 MM COOLING TOTAL 230 159 71 196 SINCE 1/1 389 268 121 MM ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.9 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 36/170 DATE 04/02 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 50/160 DATE 04/02 50/150 04/03 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.47 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 13 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 7 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 10 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 77 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 6 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 2 RAIN 1 LIGHT RAIN 8 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 19 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 4 HAZE 6 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$