CDUS44 KLCH 222226 CLILCH CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 526 PM CDT MON APR 22 2024 ................................... ...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 22 2024... VALID TODAY AS OF 0500 PM LOCAL TIME. CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1895 TO 2024 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL ................................................................... TEMPERATURE (F) TODAY MAXIMUM 72 3:58 PM 90 1911 80 -8 77 MINIMUM 49 6:02 AM 42 1931 61 -12 53 AVERAGE 61 70 -9 65 PRECIPITATION (IN) TODAY 0.00 4.12 1926 0.15 -0.15 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.34 3.19 -1.85 9.58 SINCE MAR 1 6.02 6.86 -0.84 11.14 SINCE JAN 1 19.34 16.01 3.33 18.55 SNOWFALL (IN) TODAY 0.0 0.0 MM MM MM 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 0.0 MM MM T SINCE JUL 1 T MM MM T SNOW DEPTH MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING TODAY 4 1 3 0 MONTH TO DATE 10 34 -24 23 SINCE MAR 1 83 164 -81 130 SINCE JUL 1 1167 1312 -145 1220 COOLING TODAY 0 6 -6 0 MONTH TO DATE 130 106 24 87 SINCE MAR 1 205 177 28 218 SINCE JAN 1 239 215 24 314 ................................................................... WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (80) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 23 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (60) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 90 6:00 AM LOWEST 33 1:00 PM AVERAGE 62 .......................................................... THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 80 90 1971 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 61 44 1917 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 22 2024.........SUNRISE 6:38 AM CDT SUNSET 7:45 PM CDT APRIL 23 2024.........SUNRISE 6:37 AM CDT SUNSET 7:46 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$