978 CDUS44 KLCH 302230 CLILCH CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 530 PM CDT MON AUG 30 2021 ................................... ...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 30 2021... VALID TODAY AS OF 0500 PM LOCAL TIME. 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) TODAY MAXIMUM 93 2:33 PM 105 2000 92 1 88 MINIMUM 75 6:24 AM 61 1986 74 1 77 1992 AVERAGE 84 83 1 83 PRECIPITATION (IN) TODAY 0.00 7.87 2014 0.21 -0.21 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 4.44 5.98 -1.54 8.40 SINCE JUN 1 18.22 18.21 0.01 18.75 SINCE JAN 1 55.20 40.87 14.33 40.08 SNOWFALL (IN) TODAY 0.0 0.0 MM MM MM MM MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE JUN 1 0.0 MM MM 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.0 MM MM 0.0 SNOW DEPTH MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING TODAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE JUN 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JUL 1 0 0 0 0 COOLING TODAY 19 18 1 18 MONTH TO DATE 571 564 7 536 SINCE JUN 1 1654 1663 -9 1559 SINCE JAN 1 2296 2285 11 2259 ................................................................... WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (310) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 27 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (310) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 96 6:00 AM LOWEST 51 4:00 PM AVERAGE 74 .......................................................... THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 92 107 2000 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 74 63 1911 1915 1968 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 30 2021........SUNRISE 6:49 AM CDT SUNSET 7:37 PM CDT AUGUST 31 2021........SUNRISE 6:49 AM CDT SUNSET 7:36 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$