Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Lake Charles, LA
Issued by NWS Lake Charles, LA
570 CXUS54 KLCH 010959 CLMLFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 459 AM CDT TUE OCT 01 2024 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER 2024... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1893 TO 2024 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 103 09/03/2000 LOW 41 09/28/1896 HIGHEST 95 09/20 MM MM 100 09/01 09/03 09/07 LOWEST 64 09/27 MM MM 66 09/19 AVG. MAXIMUM 89.2 89.0 0.2 94.3 AVG. MINIMUM 72.3 70.4 1.9 72.5 MEAN 80.7 79.7 1.0 83.4 DAYS MAX >= 90 17 15.7 1.3 29 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 16.15 1973 MINIMUM 0.33 2017 TOTALS 5.59 5.02 0.57 3.46 DAILY AVG. 0.19 0.17 0.02 0.12 DAYS >= .01 8 9.4 -1.4 10 DAYS >= .10 6 6.2 -0.2 7 DAYS >= .50 4 3.3 0.7 3 DAYS >= 1.00 3 1.5 1.5 1 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 2.41 09/04 TO 09/05 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL MM 5 TOTALS 0.0 MM MM 0.0 SINCE 7/1 0.0 MM MM MM SNOWDEPTH AVG. MM 0 DAYS >= 1.0 0 MM MM 0 GREATEST 24 HR TOTAL MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 0 0 0 0 SINCE 7/1 0 0 0 MM COOLING TOTAL 481 441 40 561 SINCE 1/1 3194 2715 479 MM ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.0 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 33/020 DATE 09/11 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 51/360 DATE 09/11 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.40 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 17 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 7 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 6 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 73 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 2 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 5 RAIN 5 LIGHT RAIN 8 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 13 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 1 HAZE 2 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$