CDUS44 KLCH 172226 CLILCH CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 526 PM CDT SAT MAY 17 2025 ................................... ...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 17 2025... VALID TODAY AS OF 0500 PM LOCAL TIME. CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1895 TO 2025 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL ................................................................... TEMPERATURE (F) TODAY MAXIMUM 87 3:52 PM 94 1933 86 1 77 2018 MINIMUM 75 5:34 AM 46 1912 68 7 68 AVERAGE 81 77 4 73 PRECIPITATION (IN) TODAY 0.00 12.49 2021 0.17 -0.17 0.07 MONTH TO DATE 6.54 2.84 3.70 8.44 SINCE MAR 1 9.50 10.95 -1.45 17.14 SINCE JAN 1 19.17 20.10 -0.93 30.46 SNOWFALL (IN) TODAY 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 5.5 MM MM T SNOW DEPTH MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING TODAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 2 0 2 0 SINCE MAR 1 128 164 -36 84 SINCE JUL 1 1198 1312 -114 1168 COOLING TODAY 16 12 4 8 MONTH TO DATE 145 164 -19 203 SINCE MAR 1 472 394 78 474 SINCE JAN 1 534 432 102 508 ................................................................... WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (150) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 20 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (180) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY. FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 96 12:00 AM LOWEST 63 1:00 PM AVERAGE 80 .......................................................... THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 86 95 1933 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 68 53 1917 1945 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 17 2025...........SUNRISE 6:18 AM CDT SUNSET 8:01 PM CDT MAY 18 2025...........SUNRISE 6:17 AM CDT SUNSET 8:02 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$