CDUS44 KLCH 250810 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 310 AM CDT THU APR 25 2024 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 24 2024... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1893 TO 2024 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL ................................................................... TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 84 3:43 PM 90 1955 81 3 73 2006 MINIMUM 61 6:01 AM 42 1910 61 0 56 AVERAGE 73 71 2 65 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 3.72 1953 0.18 -0.18 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 2.26 3.84 -1.58 6.17 SINCE MAR 1 8.92 7.56 1.36 7.39 SINCE JAN 1 19.52 17.55 1.97 17.75 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 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 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 T MM MM 0.0 SNOW DEPTH MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 12 36 -24 7 SINCE MAR 1 83 172 -89 102 SINCE JUL 1 1105 1373 -268 1025 COOLING YESTERDAY 8 7 1 0 MONTH TO DATE 157 119 38 124 SINCE MAR 1 248 192 56 301 SINCE JAN 1 296 232 64 453 ................................................................... WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 9 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (180) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 13 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (180) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 1.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 6:00 AM LOWEST 55 1:00 PM AVERAGE 78 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 81 92 1925 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 62 45 1968 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 25 2024.........SUNRISE 6:30 AM CDT SUNSET 7:42 PM CDT APRIL 26 2024.........SUNRISE 6:29 AM CDT SUNSET 7:43 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$