511 CDUS44 KLCH 010917 CLILCH CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 416 AM CDT FRI MAY 1 2020 ................................... ...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 29 2020... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1895 TO 2020 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 78 449 PM 93 1915 81 -3 84 MINIMUM 56 1115 PM 45 1916 62 -6 67 AVERAGE 67 71 -4 76 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 1.09 7.61 1940 0.12 0.97 T MONTH TO DATE 3.91 3.21 0.70 11.73 SINCE MAR 1 5.58 6.87 -1.29 12.43 SINCE JAN 1 14.70 15.56 -0.86 20.35 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.0 MM 0.0 0.0 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.0 0.1 -0.1 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 29 44 -15 36 SINCE MAR 1 58 206 -148 191 SINCE JUL 1 1014 1488 -474 1227 COOLING YESTERDAY 2 7 -5 11 MONTH TO DATE 145 130 15 131 SINCE MAR 1 359 179 180 192 SINCE JAN 1 410 202 208 218 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 45 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (20) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 61 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (20) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 1200 AM LOWEST 31 600 PM AVERAGE 66 .......................................................... THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 81 90 1981 1955 1901 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 62 42 1996 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 30 2020.........SUNRISE 630 AM CDT SUNSET 750 PM CDT MAY 1 2020...........SUNRISE 629 AM CDT SUNSET 751 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$