419 CDUS44 KLCH 110835 CLILCH CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 235 AM CST THU MAR 11 2021 ................................... ...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 10 2021... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1895 TO 2021 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL ................................................................... TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 79 12:48 PM 89 1911 70 9 80 MINIMUM 61 3:38 AM 26 1996 50 11 65 AVERAGE 70 60 10 73 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.50 1926 0.12 -0.12 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.37 1.22 -0.85 0.71 SINCE MAR 1 0.37 1.22 -0.85 0.71 SINCE JAN 1 5.52 9.91 -4.39 9.83 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 T 1932 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 0.8 0.1 0.7 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 6 -6 0 MONTH TO DATE 53 70 -17 29 SINCE MAR 1 53 70 -17 29 SINCE JUL 1 1314 1352 -38 970 COOLING YESTERDAY 5 1 4 8 MONTH TO DATE 8 10 -2 29 SINCE MAR 1 8 10 -2 29 SINCE JAN 1 49 33 16 80 ................................................................... WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 23 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (160) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 33 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (170) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 12.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 8:00 AM LOWEST 60 12:00 PM AVERAGE 77 .......................................................... THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 70 89 1913 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 50 31 1932 1948 1996 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 11 2021.........SUNRISE 6:27 AM CST SUNSET 6:19 PM CST MARCH 12 2021.........SUNRISE 6:26 AM CST SUNSET 6:19 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$