132 CDUS44 KLCH 232232 CLILCH CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 532 PM CDT SAT APR 23 2022 ................................... ...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 23 2022... VALID TODAY AS OF 0500 PM LOCAL TIME. CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1895 TO 2022 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL ................................................................... TEMPERATURE (F) TODAY MAXIMUM 83 1:50 PM 90 1971 80 3 78 MINIMUM 62 5:18 AM 44 1917 61 1 64 AVERAGE 73 71 2 71 PRECIPITATION (IN) TODAY 0.00 3.33 1952 0.15 -0.15 0.82 MONTH TO DATE 0.53 3.34 -2.81 4.86 SINCE MAR 1 4.19 7.01 -2.82 11.22 SINCE JAN 1 7.01 16.16 -9.15 16.37 SNOWFALL (IN) TODAY MM 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 0.0 MM MM 0.8 SNOW DEPTH MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING TODAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 20 34 -14 39 SINCE MAR 1 203 164 39 143 SINCE JUL 1 1317 1312 5 1404 COOLING TODAY 8 6 2 6 MONTH TO DATE 121 112 9 89 SINCE MAR 1 150 183 -33 201 SINCE JAN 1 181 221 -40 242 ................................................................... WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 26 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (170) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 35 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (160) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 12.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY. FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 97 6:00 AM LOWEST 56 9:00 AM AVERAGE 77 .......................................................... THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 81 89 2021 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 61 37 1910 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 23 2022.........SUNRISE 6:37 AM CDT SUNSET 7:45 PM CDT APRIL 24 2022.........SUNRISE 6:36 AM CDT SUNSET 7:46 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$