CDUS44 KLCH 052317 CLILCH CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 617 PM CDT TUE MAY 05 2026 ................................... ...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 5 2026... VALID TODAY AS OF 0600 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 81 2:00 PM 92 1908 83 -2 80 MINIMUM 67 MM 48 1921 64 3 59 2013 AVERAGE 74 74 0 70 PRECIPITATION (IN) TODAY MM 2.77 1941 0.16 MM 0.01 MONTH TO DATE 2.28 0.82 1.46 2.23 SINCE MAR 1 5.20 8.93 -3.73 5.19 SINCE JAN 1 11.11 18.08 -6.97 14.86 SNOWFALL (IN) TODAY MM 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 TODAY 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 TODAY 9 9 0 5 MONTH TO DATE 10 41 -31 34 SINCE MAR 1 377 271 106 361 SINCE JAN 1 455 309 146 423 ................................................................... WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (200) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 33 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (190) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 12.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 87 12:00 AM LOWEST 71 10:00 AM AVERAGE 79 .......................................................... THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 83 93 1908 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 65 46 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. $$