CDUS44 KLCH 292226 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 526 PM CDT TUE APR 29 2025 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 29 2025... VALID TODAY AS OF 0500 PM LOCAL TIME. CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1893 TO 2025 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL ................................................................... TEMPERATURE (F) TODAY MAXIMUM 85 1:37 PM 92 1955 82 3 77 MINIMUM 70 6:30 AM 44 1916 63 7 63 AVERAGE 78 72 6 70 PRECIPITATION (IN) TODAY 0.00 4.36 1960 0.17 -0.17 2.00 MONTH TO DATE 8.01 4.72 3.29 4.26 SINCE MAR 1 13.09 8.44 4.65 10.92 SINCE JAN 1 21.07 18.43 2.64 21.52 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 9.0 MM MM T SNOW DEPTH MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING TODAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 20 36 -16 12 SINCE MAR 1 110 172 -62 83 SINCE JUL 1 1166 1373 -207 1105 COOLING TODAY 13 8 5 5 MONTH TO DATE 224 155 69 214 SINCE MAR 1 319 228 91 305 SINCE JAN 1 395 268 127 353 ................................................................... WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (170) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 27 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (160) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY. FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 5:00 AM LOWEST 55 12:00 PM AVERAGE 78 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 82 92 1901 1955 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 63 45 1965 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 29 2025.........SUNRISE 6:26 AM CDT SUNSET 7:45 PM CDT APRIL 30 2025.........SUNRISE 6:25 AM CDT SUNSET 7:45 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$