CDUS44 KLCH 182220 CLILCH CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 520 PM CDT MON MAY 18 2026 ................................... ...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 18 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 88 12:50 PM 95 1933 86 2 87 MINIMUM 76 5:48 AM 53 1917 68 8 78 1945 AVERAGE 82 77 5 83 PRECIPITATION (IN) TODAY 0.00 4.64 1923 0.17 -0.17 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 4.08 3.01 1.07 6.54 SINCE MAR 1 7.00 11.12 -4.12 9.50 SINCE JAN 1 12.91 20.27 -7.36 19.17 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 2 SINCE MAR 1 92 164 -72 128 SINCE JUL 1 1074 1312 -238 1198 COOLING TODAY 17 12 5 18 MONTH TO DATE 153 176 -23 163 SINCE MAR 1 520 406 114 490 SINCE JAN 1 598 444 154 552 ................................................................... WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 25 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (150) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 34 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (150) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 16.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 90 6:00 AM LOWEST 65 12:00 PM AVERAGE 78 .......................................................... THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 86 94 1906 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 68 52 2002 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 18 2026...........SUNRISE 6:17 AM CDT SUNSET 8:02 PM CDT MAY 19 2026...........SUNRISE 6:17 AM CDT SUNSET 8:02 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$