CDUS44 KLCH 060816 CLILCH CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 316 AM CDT WED MAY 06 2026 ................................... ...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 5 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 81 1:56 PM 92 1908 83 -2 80 MINIMUM 68 12:06 AM 48 1921 64 4 59 2013 AVERAGE 75 74 1 70 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.77 1941 0.16 -0.16 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) 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 10 9 1 5 MONTH TO DATE 11 41 -30 34 SINCE MAR 1 378 271 107 361 SINCE JAN 1 456 309 147 423 ................................................................... WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 22 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (200) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 33 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (190) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 12.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 90 8:00 PM LOWEST 71 10:00 AM AVERAGE 81 .......................................................... THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 83 93 1908 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 65 46 2013 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 6 2026...........SUNRISE 6:26 AM CDT SUNSET 7:54 PM CDT MAY 7 2026...........SUNRISE 6:25 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. $$