791 CDUS44 KLCH 232252 CLILCH CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 552 PM CDT TUE AUG 23 2022 ................................... ...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 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 86 12:41 PM 100 1910 93 -7 95 MINIMUM 72 9:40 AM 60 1927 75 -3 75 AVERAGE 79 84 -5 85 PRECIPITATION (IN) TODAY 0.74 5.87 1977 0.21 0.53 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 5.29 4.52 0.77 2.24 SINCE JUN 1 13.51 16.75 -3.24 16.02 SINCE JAN 1 23.01 39.41 -16.40 53.00 SNOWFALL (IN) TODAY 0.0 0.0 MM MM MM 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE JUN 1 T MM MM 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.0 MM MM 0.0 SNOW DEPTH MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING TODAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE JUN 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JUL 1 0 0 0 0 COOLING TODAY 14 19 -5 20 MONTH TO DATE 393 437 -44 436 SINCE JUN 1 1504 1536 -32 1519 SINCE JAN 1 2130 2158 -28 2161 ................................................................... WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 23 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (260) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 33 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (250) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 4:00 PM LOWEST 70 3:00 PM AVERAGE 85 .......................................................... THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 93 102 1924 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 75 62 1930 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 23 2022........SUNRISE 6:45 AM CDT SUNSET 7:46 PM CDT AUGUST 24 2022........SUNRISE 6:45 AM CDT SUNSET 7:44 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$