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MAY NORMALS & EXTREMES

LAKE CHARLES

  TEMP NORMALS WARMEST COOLEST COOLEST WARMEST NORM RECORD NORMS
 DAY MAX MIN MEAN MAX/YR MAX/YR MIN/YR MIN/YR RAIN RAIN/YR HDD CDD
 1 82 63 73 91/1943 64/1897 40/1908 76/2010 0.17 5.20/2016 0 8
SUNRISE 0530 CST          SUNSET 1851 CST
 2 82 63 73 90/2010 64/1970* 41/1908 76/2002 0.16 3.91/1973 0 8
SUNRISE 0529 CST          SUNSET 1851 CST
 3 82 64 73 96/1984 65/1954 45/2013* 78/2021 0.16 5.49/2017 0 8
SUNRISE 0528 CST          SUNSET 1852 CST
 4 83 64 73 91/1943 69/1954 42/2013 74/2007* 0.17 1.60/1944 0 8
SUNRISE 0527 CST          SUNSET 1852 CST
 5 83 64 74 92/1908 67/2008 48/2013* 76/2007 0.16 2.77/1941 0 9
SUNRISE 0526 CST          SUNSET 1853 CST
 6 83 65 74 93/1908 66/1935 46/2013 77/2009* 0.17 3.78/1935 0 9
SUNRISE 0525 CST          SUNSET 1854 CST
 7 83 65 74 93/1914 67/1917 49/1898 77/2024* 0.17 3.35/1902 0 9
SUNRISE 0525 CST          SUNSET 1854 CST
 8 84 65 74 91/2018* 68/1917 46/1898 76/2024 0.17 3.01/1990 0 9
SUNRISE 0524 CST          SUNSET 1855 CST
 9 84 65 75 92/1916 68/2020 48/1917* 77/2024 0.17 2.55/1907 0 10
SUNRISE 0523 CST          SUNSET 1856 CST
 10 84 66 75 93/2002 68/1917 48/1923 76/2015* 0.16 4.88/2013 0 10
SUNRISE 0522 CST          SUNSET 1856 CST
 11 84 66 75 91/1916 71/1972* 50/1981* 76/2010* 0.17 4.14/1971* 0 10
SUNRISE 0522 CST          SUNSET 1857 CST
 12 85 66 75 92/1916 70/1960 46/1924 77/2000 0.15 1.94/1954 0 10
SUNRISE 0521 CST          SUNSET 1858 CST
 13 85 67 76 92/1920* 68/1946* 48/1895 79/1995 0.17 3.23/1966 0 11
SUNRISE 0520 CST          SUNSET 1858 CST
 14 85 67 76 94/1915 69/2014 51/1917 77/1995* 0.16 1.62/2007 0 11
SUNRISE 0520 CST          SUNSET 1859 CST
 15 85 67 76 93/2024* 71/1905 45/2014 77/1995 0.18 4.04/1945 0 11
SUNRISE 0519 CST          SUNSET 1900 CST
 16 85 67 76 94/2018 70/1970 46/1907 76/2015* 0.18 15.67/1980 0 11
SUNRISE 0518 CST          SUNSET 1900 CST
 17 86 68 77 94/2018* 72/2009 46/1912 78/2015 0.17 12.49/2021 0 12
SUNRISE 0518 CST          SUNSET 1901 CST
 18 86 68 77 95/1933 67/2002 53/1945* 76/1981* 0.17 4.64/1923 0 12
SUNRISE 0517 CST          SUNSET 1902 CST
 19 86 68 77 94/1906 76/2002* 52/2002 76/2017* 0.17 3.45/1952 0 12
SUNRISE 0517 CST          SUNSET 1902 CST
 20 86 69 77 93/2003 72/1965* 52/2002 78/2011 0.18 4.82/1983 0 12
SUNRISE 0516 CST          SUNSET 1903 CST
 21 87 69 78 99/2005 76/1974 52/1981 77/2019* 0.18 4.20/1967 0 13
SUNRISE 0516 CST          SUNSET 1903 CST
 22 87 69 78 100/1915 74/1913 50/1901 78/2024* 0.19 2.39/2017 0 13
SUNRISE 0515 CST          SUNSET 1904 CST
 23 87 69 78 95/1911 79/1963* 51/2001 77/2024* 0.19 2.20/1907 0 13
SUNRISE 0515 CST          SUNSET 1905 CST
 24 87 70 78 95/1911 77/1940 52/1913 78/2024* 0.19 2.99/2009 0 13
SUNRISE 0514 CST          SUNSET 1905 CST
 25 88 70 79 94/1941 72/1919 51/1913 79/1989 0.18 2.71/1986 0 14
SUNRISE 0514 CST          SUNSET 1906 CST
 26 88 70 79 96/2010 75/1901 50/1913 79/2024 0.17 1.30/1933 0 14
SUNRISE 0514 CST          SUNSET 1906 CST
 27 88 70 79 95/2010* 74/1961 49/1901 79/2024* 0.19 3.11/1941 0 14
SUNRISE 0513 CST          SUNSET 1907 CST
 28 88 71 79 97/2010* 78/1952 54/1961* 80/1996 0.19 5.00/1915 0 14
SUNRISE 0513 CST          SUNSET 1908 CST
 29 88 71 80 97/2010* 71/1992 56/1934 76/2018* 0.19 4.71/1929 0 14
SUNRISE 0513 CST          SUNSET 1908 CST
 30 89 71 80 100/1911 71/1907 52/1984 80/2004 0.18 5.53/1979 0 15
SUNRISE 0512 CST          SUNSET 1909 CST
 31 89 71 80 100/1911 76/1903 52/1984 78/2013* 0.19 4.40/1981 0 15
SUNRISE 0512 CST          SUNSET 1909 CST
 MON 85.4 67.3 76.4         5.40   2 354

                                                       

OTHER MONTHLY MEANS
# DAYS WITH  MAX >=90F MAX <=32F MIN <=32F MIN <=0F
  2 0 0 0
# DAYS PRECIP >=0.01" >=0.10" >=0.50" >=1.00"
  8 5 3 2

 

Note: Daily sums/averages will not equal monthly sums/averages due to rounding - click here for more info

 

  Normals are for the 30-year period from 1991-2020

Extremes (or records) are for the period of record (1895-2024) 

 

  Bold colored records indicate extreme for the month

Italicized bold colored records indicate most recent of multiple occurrences 

 
* Asterisks indicate records which tied previous records; asterisked value was the last year record occurred
 

Sunrise/Sunset times are in Central Standard Time - add one hour during Daylight Savings Time