CDUS44 KLCH 050819 CLILCH CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 319 AM CDT TUE MAY 05 2026 ................................... ...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 4 2026... 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) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 79 3:01 PM 91 1943 83 -4 80 MINIMUM 53 5:32 AM 42 2013 64 -11 53 AVERAGE 66 73 -7 67 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.60 1944 0.17 -0.17 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 2.28 0.66 1.62 2.22 SINCE MAR 1 5.20 8.77 -3.57 5.18 SINCE JAN 1 11.11 17.92 -6.81 14.85 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.0 MM MM MM 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 0.0 MM MM 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.0 MM MM 5.5 SNOW DEPTH MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 6 0 6 0 SINCE MAR 1 92 164 -72 126 SINCE JUL 1 1074 1312 -238 1196 COOLING YESTERDAY 1 8 -7 2 MONTH TO DATE 1 32 -31 29 SINCE MAR 1 368 262 106 356 SINCE JAN 1 446 300 146 418 ................................................................... WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (170) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 26 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (190) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 1:00 AM LOWEST 47 11:00 AM AVERAGE 70 .......................................................... THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 83 92 1908 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 64 48 1921 2013 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 5 2026...........SUNRISE 6:26 AM CDT SUNSET 7:53 PM CDT MAY 6 2026...........SUNRISE 6:26 AM CDT SUNSET 7:54 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$