Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Lake Charles, LA
Issued by NWS Lake Charles, LA
300 CXUS54 KLCH 010914 CLMLFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 414 AM CDT SUN SEP 01 2024 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST 2024... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1893 TO 2024 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 101 08/18 MM MM 110 08/27 LOWEST 72 08/21 MM MM 69 08/31 08/31 AVG. MAXIMUM 96.1 92.3 3.8 101.5 AVG. MINIMUM 77.1 74.7 2.4 79.1 MEAN 86.6 83.5 3.1 90.3 DAYS MAX >= 90 29 24.5 4.5 31 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 1.10 2023 TOTALS 4.33 6.26 -1.93 1.10 DAILY AVG. 0.14 0.20 -0.06 0.04 DAYS >= .01 6 12.2 -6.2 2 DAYS >= .10 6 8.3 -2.3 2 DAYS >= .50 3 3.8 -0.8 1 DAYS >= 1.00 2 1.6 0.4 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.69 08/15 TO 08/15 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 678 573 105 792 SINCE 1/1 2713 2274 439 MM ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.1 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 29/340 DATE 08/19 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 41/360 DATE 08/19 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.15 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 28 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 3 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 0 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 67 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 9 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 4 RAIN 4 LIGHT RAIN 6 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 8 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 0 HAZE 0 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$