CDUS44 KLCH 082234 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 534 PM CDT THU MAY 08 2025 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 8 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 ................................................................... TEMPERATURE (F) TODAY MAXIMUM 84 3:54 PM 93 1998 84 0 88 MINIMUM 62 3:23 AM 45 1898 65 -3 79 1917 AVERAGE 73 75 -2 84 PRECIPITATION (IN) TODAY 0.00 9.09 1907 0.18 -0.18 T MONTH TO DATE 6.20 1.37 4.83 1.16 SINCE MAR 1 19.35 10.00 9.35 12.08 SINCE JAN 1 27.33 19.99 7.34 22.68 DEGREE DAYS COOLING TODAY 8 10 -2 19 MONTH TO DATE 52 71 -19 109 SINCE MAR 1 382 306 76 423 SINCE JAN 1 458 346 112 471 ................................................................... WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 12 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (10) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 16 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (360) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 2.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY. FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 97 12:00 AM LOWEST 53 4:00 PM AVERAGE 75 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 84 93 1912 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 66 46 1917 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 8 2025...........SUNRISE 6:19 AM CDT SUNSET 7:51 PM CDT MAY 9 2025...........SUNRISE 6:18 AM CDT SUNSET 7:51 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$