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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA
534 PM CDT THU MAY 08 2025

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...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
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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
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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

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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.




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