CDUS44 KLCH 162210 CLILFT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 510 PM CDT FRI OCT 16 2026 ................................... ...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 16 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 89 12:35 PM 94 2015 81 8 88 MINIMUM 68 6:21 AM 39 1901 60 8 61 AVERAGE 79 71 8 75 PRECIPITATION (IN) TODAY 0.00 1.80 2018 0.17 -0.17 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.89 2.32 -1.43 0.14 SINCE SEP 1 3.26 7.34 -4.08 3.59 SINCE JAN 1 47.05 51.02 -3.97 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 MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING TODAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 4 -4 0 SINCE SEP 1 0 4 -4 0 SINCE JUL 1 0 4 -4 0 COOLING TODAY 14 6 8 10 MONTH TO DATE 217 140 77 177 SINCE SEP 1 749 581 168 631 SINCE JAN 1 3328 2855 473 3022 ................................................................... WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 23 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (350) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 32 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (340) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 96 2:00 AM LOWEST 50 11:00 AM AVERAGE 73 .......................................................... THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 81 92 19362006 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 60 38 1943 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 16 2026.......SUNRISE 7:11 AM CDT SUNSET 6:36 PM CDT OCTOBER 17 2026.......SUNRISE 7:11 AM CDT SUNSET 6:35 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$