CDUS44 KLCH 160815 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 315 AM CDT THU APR 16 2026 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 15 2026... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1893 TO 2026 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL ................................................................... TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 85 2:44 PM 89 1912 79 6 80 MINIMUM 63 6:09 AM 37 2008 59 4 55 AVERAGE 74 69 5 68 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.75 1967 0.18 -0.18 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.22 2.20 -1.98 0.20 SINCE MAR 1 3.85 5.92 -2.07 5.28 SINCE JAN 1 12.27 15.91 -3.64 13.26 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 9.0 SNOW DEPTH MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 8 28 -20 20 SINCE MAR 1 80 164 -84 110 SINCE JUL 1 1096 1365 -269 1166 COOLING YESTERDAY 9 5 4 3 MONTH TO DATE 103 66 37 85 SINCE MAR 1 259 139 120 180 SINCE JAN 1 355 179 176 256 ................................................................... WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (200) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 25 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (210) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 6:00 AM LOWEST 41 1:00 PM AVERAGE 71 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 79 92 1894 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 59 38 1928 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 16 2026.........SUNRISE 6:40 AM CDT SUNSET 7:36 PM CDT APRIL 17 2026.........SUNRISE 6:39 AM CDT SUNSET 7:37 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$