Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Lake Charles, LA
Issued by NWS Lake Charles, LA
000 CXUS54 KLCH 011230 CLMLFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 730 AM CDT FRI SEP 01 2023 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST 2023... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1893 TO 2023 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 110 08/27/2023 LOW 58 08/15/2004 08/11/1923 08/29/1906 HIGHEST 110R 08/27 MM MM 96 08/16 LOWEST 69 08/31 MM MM 74 08/12 08/31 08/25 AVG. MAXIMUM 101.5 92.3 9.2 90.1 AVG. MINIMUM 79.1 74.7 4.4 75.2 MEAN 90.3 83.5 6.8 82.6 DAYS MAX >= 90 31 24.5 6.5 18 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 37.99 1940 MINIMUM 1.23 1999 TOTALS 1.10R 6.26 -5.16 15.98 DAILY AVG. 0.04 0.20 -0.16 0.52 DAYS >= .01 2 12.2 -10.2 21 DAYS >= .10 2 8.3 -6.3 16 DAYS >= .50 1 3.8 -2.8 7 DAYS >= 1.00 0 1.6 -1.6 5 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.10 08/28 TO 08/29 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL MM 5 TOTALS 0.0 MM MM 0.0 SINCE 7/1 0.0 MM MM MM SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 0 DAYS >= 1.0 0 MM MM 0 GREATEST 24 HR TOTAL MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 0 0 0 0 SINCE 7/1 0 0 0 MM COOLING TOTAL 792 573 219 552 SINCE 1/1 3000 2274 726 MM ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.1 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 30/350 DATE 08/28 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 39/350 DATE 08/28 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.18 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 29 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 2 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 0 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 67 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 5 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 2 RAIN 2 LIGHT RAIN 2 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 3 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 0 HAZE 4 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$