791 CDUS44 KLCH 210806 CLILCH CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 306 AM CDT FRI MAY 21 2021 ................................... ...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 20 2021... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 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 80 1:57 PM 93 2003 86 -6 85 MINIMUM 68 5:34 PM 52 2002 69 -1 72 AVERAGE 74 77 -3 79 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.83 4.82 1983 0.18 0.65 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 19.58 3.36 16.22 3.12 SINCE MAR 1 30.91 11.47 19.44 8.70 SINCE JAN 1 36.06 20.62 15.44 17.82 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 0.8 MM MM 0.0 SNOW DEPTH MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 2 SINCE MAR 1 143 164 -21 60 SINCE JUL 1 1404 1312 92 1001 COOLING YESTERDAY 9 12 -3 14 MONTH TO DATE 184 200 -16 153 SINCE MAR 1 466 430 36 513 SINCE JAN 1 507 468 39 564 ................................................................... WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (130) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 27 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (130) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 12:00 AM LOWEST 77 1:00 PM AVERAGE 89 .......................................................... THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 87 99 2005 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 69 52 1981 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 21 2021...........SUNRISE 6:16 AM CDT SUNSET 8:04 PM CDT MAY 22 2021...........SUNRISE 6:15 AM CDT SUNSET 8:04 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$