


Climatological Report (Daily)
Issued by NWS Lake Charles, LA
Issued by NWS Lake Charles, LA
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275 CDUS44 KLCH 170817 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 317 AM CDT SAT MAY 17 2025 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 16 2025... 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 ................................................................... TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 87 12:57 PM 95 2018 86 1 88 MINIMUM 77 11:59 PM 46 1926 67 10 68 AVERAGE 82 77 5 78 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 10.38 1980 0.16 -0.16 1.27 MONTH TO DATE 10.21 2.64 7.57 4.40 SINCE MAR 1 23.36 11.27 12.09 15.32 SINCE JAN 1 31.34 21.26 10.08 25.92 DEGREE DAYS COOLING YESTERDAY 17 12 5 13 MONTH TO DATE 121 158 -37 217 SINCE MAR 1 451 393 58 531 SINCE JAN 1 527 433 94 579 ................................................................... WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (180) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 27 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (190) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 10:00 PM LOWEST 65 11:00 AM AVERAGE 79 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 86 95 2018 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 68 50 1926 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 17 2025...........SUNRISE 6:13 AM CDT SUNSET 7:56 PM CDT MAY 18 2025...........SUNRISE 6:12 AM CDT SUNSET 7:57 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$