CDUS44 KLCH 150827 CLILCH CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 327 AM CDT WED APR 15 2026 ................................... ...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 14 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 84 1:33 PM 88 1912 79 5 79 MINIMUM 63 6:09 AM 34 1913 59 4 61 AVERAGE 74 69 5 70 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 3.20 1991 0.15 -0.15 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.76 1.96 -1.20 0.65 SINCE MAR 1 2.19 5.63 -3.44 2.89 SINCE JAN 1 8.10 14.78 -6.68 12.56 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 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 5 26 -21 32 SINCE MAR 1 79 156 -77 126 SINCE JUL 1 1061 1304 -243 1196 COOLING YESTERDAY 9 5 4 5 MONTH TO DATE 100 61 39 71 SINCE MAR 1 217 132 85 168 SINCE JAN 1 295 170 125 230 ................................................................... WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (170) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 27 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (180) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 1:00 AM LOWEST 44 2:00 PM AVERAGE 72 .......................................................... THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 79 90 1916 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 59 37 1913 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 15 2026.........SUNRISE 6:46 AM CDT SUNSET 7:40 PM CDT APRIL 16 2026.........SUNRISE 6:45 AM CDT SUNSET 7:41 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$