CDUS44 KLCH 152219 CLILCH CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 519 PM CDT WED APR 15 2026 ................................... ...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 15 2026... VALID TODAY AS OF 0500 PM LOCAL TIME. 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) TODAY MAXIMUM 84 1:31 PM 90 1916 79 5 80 MINIMUM 64 5:08 AM 37 1913 59 5 56 AVERAGE 74 69 5 68 PRECIPITATION (IN) TODAY 0.00 4.27 1927 0.14 -0.14 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.76 2.10 -1.34 0.65 SINCE MAR 1 2.19 5.77 -3.58 2.89 SINCE JAN 1 8.10 14.92 -6.82 12.56 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 0.0 MM MM 5.5 SNOW DEPTH MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING TODAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 5 27 -22 32 SINCE MAR 1 79 157 -78 126 SINCE JUL 1 1061 1305 -244 1196 COOLING TODAY 9 5 4 3 MONTH TO DATE 109 66 43 74 SINCE MAR 1 226 137 89 171 SINCE JAN 1 304 175 129 233 ................................................................... WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (170) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 25 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (160) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 4:00 AM LOWEST 54 4:00 PM AVERAGE 77 .......................................................... THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 79 90 1920 1925 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 59 36 2014 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. $$