CDUS44 KLCH 162210 CLILCH CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 510 PM CDT FRI OCT 16 2026 ................................... ...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 16 2026... VALID TODAY AS OF 0500 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 82 10:43 AM 93 1916 82 0 88 1947 MINIMUM 68 6:06 AM 43 1939 60 8 62 1943 AVERAGE 75 71 4 75 PRECIPITATION (IN) TODAY 0.00 2.71 2006 0.16 -0.16 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.25 2.35 -2.10 0.37 SINCE SEP 1 3.58 7.53 -3.95 2.67 SINCE JAN 1 33.64 48.61 -14.97 41.01 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 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE SEP 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JUL 1 0 0 0 0 COOLING TODAY 10 7 3 10 MONTH TO DATE 236 146 90 197 SINCE SEP 1 791 598 193 664 SINCE JAN 1 3365 2906 459 3082 ................................................................... WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 28 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (360) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 38 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (360) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY. FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 3:00 AM LOWEST 64 4:00 PM AVERAGE 82 .......................................................... THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 82 93 1915 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 60 40 1943 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 16 2026.......SUNRISE 7:16 AM CDT SUNSET 6:41 PM CDT OCTOBER 17 2026.......SUNRISE 7:16 AM CDT SUNSET 6:40 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$