188 CDUS44 KLCH 282319 CLILCH CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 519 PM CST SUN JAN 28 2024 ................................... ...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 28 2024... VALID TODAY AS OF 0500 PM LOCAL TIME. CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1895 TO 2024 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL ................................................................... TEMPERATURE (F) TODAY MAXIMUM 61 3:59 PM 81 1912 64 -3 71 MINIMUM 45 8:53 AM 21 1897 44 1 44 AVERAGE 53 54 -1 58 PRECIPITATION (IN) TODAY 0.00 3.00 1916 0.16 -0.16 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 10.87 5.40 5.47 3.37 SINCE DEC 1 13.22 9.96 3.26 12.62 SINCE JAN 1 10.87 5.40 5.47 3.37 SNOWFALL (IN) TODAY 0.0 0.1 2014 MM MM 0.0 MONTH TO DATE T 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE DEC 1 T MM MM 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 T MM MM 0.0 SNOW DEPTH MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING TODAY 12 12 0 7 MONTH TO DATE 413 346 67 238 SINCE DEC 1 698 671 27 575 SINCE JUL 1 890 865 25 851 COOLING TODAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 27 SINCE DEC 1 14 24 -10 79 SINCE JAN 1 0 0 0 27 ................................................................... WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (330) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 23 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (310) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 86 6:00 AM LOWEST 42 5:00 PM AVERAGE 64 .......................................................... THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 64 84 1912 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 44 23 2014 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JANUARY 28 2024.......SUNRISE 7:06 AM CST SUNSET 5:46 PM CST JANUARY 29 2024.......SUNRISE 7:05 AM CST SUNSET 5:47 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$