CDUS44 KLCH 010825 CLIARA CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 325 AM CDT THU MAY 01 2025 ................................... ...THE NEW IBERIA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 30 2025... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1948 TO 2025 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL ................................................................... TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 84 10:33 AM 94 1955 82 2 86 MINIMUM 68 2:58 AM 46 1996 62 6 59 AVERAGE 76 72 4 73 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 2.53 1960 0.17 -0.17 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 4.50 4.82 -0.32 4.14 SINCE MAR 1 10.97 7.73 3.24 8.81 SINCE JAN 1 16.42 16.63 -0.21 17.56 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM 0.0 MM MM MM MONTH TO DATE 0.0 MM 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 0.0 MM 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 8.0 MM T DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 22 35 -13 17 SINCE MAR 1 126 172 -46 111 SINCE JUL 1 1193 1360 -167 1256 COOLING YESTERDAY 11 7 4 8 MONTH TO DATE 230 153 77 183 SINCE MAR 1 319 218 101 253 SINCE JAN 1 384 258 126 278 ................................................................... WIND (MPH) RESULTANT WIND SPEED 12 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION S (160) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 24 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (160) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 35 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (150) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 12.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HAIL FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 97 4:00 AM LOWEST 63 1:00 PM AVERAGE 80 .......................................................... THE NEW IBERIA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 82 92 1981 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 63 50 1971 1996 2014 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 1 2025...........SUNRISE 6:24 AM CDT SUNSET 7:45 PM CDT MAY 2 2025...........SUNRISE 6:23 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. $$