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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA
528 PM CDT TUE MAY 06 2025

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...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 6 2025...
VALID TODAY AS OF 0500 PM LOCAL TIME.

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1893 TO 2025


WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR
                                                  NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
 TODAY
  MAXIMUM         80   2:36 PM  92    1895  84     -4       87
                                      1920
  MINIMUM         66   4:22 AM  48    1954  65      1       71
                                      1957
                                      2013
  AVERAGE         73                        74     -1       79

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  TODAY            0.68          5.15 1935   0.17   0.51     0.00
  MONTH TO DATE    2.38                      1.02   1.36     1.16
  SINCE MAR 1     15.53                      9.65   5.88    12.08
  SINCE JAN 1     23.51                     19.64   3.87    22.68

DEGREE DAYS
 COOLING
  TODAY            8                         9     -1       14
  MONTH TO DATE   38                        51    -13       72
  SINCE MAR 1    368                       286     82      386
  SINCE JAN 1    444                       326    118      434
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WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    15   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SE (150)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    26   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SE (140)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     5.3


SKY COVER
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7


WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.
  THUNDERSTORM
  HEAVY RAIN
  RAIN
  LIGHT RAIN
  FOG


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    97          12:00 PM
 LOWEST     79           2:00 PM
 AVERAGE    88

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THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   84        92      1896
                                             1952
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   65        44      1898


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
MAY  6 2025...........SUNRISE   6:20 AM CDT   SUNSET   7:49 PM CDT
MAY  7 2025...........SUNRISE   6:20 AM CDT   SUNSET   7:50 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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