Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Lake Charles, LA
Issued by NWS Lake Charles, LA
265 CXUS54 KLCH 041843 CLMLFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 143 PM CDT SAT NOV 04 2023 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 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 98 10/23/1933 LOW 27 10/31/1917 HIGHEST 94 10/01 MM MM 90 10/07 LOWEST 42 10/31 MM MM 36 10/19 AVG. MAXIMUM 82.4 81.3 1.1 82.0 AVG. MINIMUM 61.0 60.1 0.9 55.8 MEAN 71.7 70.7 1.0 68.9 DAYS MAX >= 90 5 2.7 2.3 1 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 15.65 1985 MINIMUM 0.00 1963 TOTALS 2.01 4.76 -2.75 0.43 DAILY AVG. 0.06 0.15 -0.09 0.01 DAYS >= .01 6 7.6 -1.6 3 DAYS >= .10 2 4.8 -2.8 2 DAYS >= .50 1 2.6 -1.6 0 DAYS >= 1.00 1 1.4 -0.4 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.52 10/05 TO 10/05 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 31 34 -3 41 SINCE 7/1 31 32 -1 MM COOLING TOTAL 245 210 35 170 SINCE 1/1 3806 2925 881 MM ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.6 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 25/020 DATE 10/30 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 34/010 DATE 10/30 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.31 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 18 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 11 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 2 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 73 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 2 RAIN 6 LIGHT RAIN 4 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 18 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 6 HAZE 3 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$