CDUS44 KLCH 152236 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 536 PM CDT THU OCT 15 2026 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 15 2026... VALID TODAY AS OF 0500 PM LOCAL TIME. 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) TODAY MAXIMUM 88 1:58 PM 92 1919 82 6 87 2015 2017 MINIMUM 66 3:11 AM 39 1893 61 5 59 1901 AVERAGE 77 71 6 73 PRECIPITATION (IN) TODAY 0.00 4.09 1957 0.15 -0.15 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.89 2.15 -1.26 0.14 SINCE SEP 1 3.26 7.17 -3.91 3.59 SINCE JAN 1 47.05 50.85 -3.80 60.86 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 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 3 -3 0 SINCE SEP 1 0 3 -3 0 SINCE JUL 1 0 3 -3 0 COOLING TODAY 12 7 5 8 MONTH TO DATE 203 134 69 167 SINCE SEP 1 735 575 160 621 SINCE JAN 1 3314 2849 465 3012 ................................................................... WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 8 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (80) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 12 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (80) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 1.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY. FOG FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 1:00 AM LOWEST 55 2:00 PM AVERAGE 78 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 81 94 2015 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 60 39 1901 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 15 2026.......SUNRISE 7:10 AM CDT SUNSET 6:37 PM CDT OCTOBER 16 2026.......SUNRISE 7:11 AM CDT SUNSET 6:36 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$