CDUS44 KLCH 070822 CLILCH CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 322 AM CDT THU MAY 07 2026 ................................... ...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 6 2026... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1895 TO 2026 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL ................................................................... TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 85 2:47 PM 93 1908 83 2 84 MINIMUM 75 5:40 AM 46 2013 65 10 66 AVERAGE 80 74 6 75 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 3.78 1935 0.17 -0.17 2.88 MONTH TO DATE 2.28 0.99 1.29 5.11 SINCE MAR 1 5.20 9.10 -3.90 8.07 SINCE JAN 1 11.11 18.25 -7.14 17.74 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 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 0.0 MM MM 5.5 SNOW DEPTH MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 6 0 6 0 SINCE MAR 1 92 164 -72 126 SINCE JUL 1 1074 1312 -238 1196 COOLING YESTERDAY 15 9 6 10 MONTH TO DATE 26 50 -24 44 SINCE MAR 1 393 280 113 371 SINCE JAN 1 471 318 153 433 ................................................................... WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (170) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 23 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (180) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 96 10:00 PM LOWEST 72 2:00 PM AVERAGE 84 .......................................................... THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 83 93 1914 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 65 49 1898 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 7 2026...........SUNRISE 6:25 AM CDT SUNSET 7:54 PM CDT MAY 8 2026...........SUNRISE 6:24 AM CDT SUNSET 7:55 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$