CDUS44 KLCH 152236 CLILCH CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 536 PM CDT THU OCT 15 2026 ................................... ...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 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 88 2:25 PM 93 1947 83 5 88 2024 MINIMUM 68 3:27 AM 40 1907 61 7 61 AVERAGE 78 72 6 75 PRECIPITATION (IN) TODAY 0.03 5.60 1925 0.15 -0.12 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.25 2.19 -1.94 0.37 SINCE SEP 1 3.58 7.37 -3.79 2.67 SINCE JAN 1 33.64 48.45 -14.81 41.01 SNOWFALL (IN) TODAY 0.0 0.0 MM MM MM 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE SEP 1 0.0 MM MM 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.0 MM MM 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TODAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE SEP 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JUL 1 0 0 0 0 COOLING TODAY 13 7 6 10 MONTH TO DATE 226 139 87 187 SINCE SEP 1 781 591 190 654 SINCE JAN 1 3355 2899 456 3072 ................................................................... WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (160) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 19 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (160) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY. FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 12:00 AM LOWEST 57 1:00 PM AVERAGE 79 .......................................................... THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 8293 1916 1947 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 60 43 1939 1943 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 15 2026.......SUNRISE 7:15 AM CDT SUNSET 6:42 PM CDT OCTOBER 16 2026.......SUNRISE 7:16 AM CDT SUNSET 6:41 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$