Climate - National Weather Service Forecast Office

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	81	61	71	91/1943	64/1897	40/1908	75/1954	0.16	2.54/2004	1	7
SUNRISE 0530 CST SUNSET 1851 CST
2	81	62	71	89/1946*	*64/1970**	41/1908	76/2002	0.16	4.00/1893	0	7
SUNRISE 0529 CST SUNSET 1851 CST
3	81	62	72	96/1984	65/1954	45/1929	74/1979	0.17	4.00/1916	0	7
SUNRISE 0528 CST SUNSET 1852 CST
4	82	62	72	93/1910	69/1954	46/1954	75/1991	0.17	1.60/1944	0	7
SUNRISE 0527 CST SUNSET 1852 CST
5	82	63	72	91/1952*	67/2008	48/1921	76/2007*	0.17	2.77/1941	0	8
SUNRISE 0526 CST SUNSET 1853 CST
6	82	63	73	90/1984*	66/1935	51/1957	77/1984	0.18	3.78/1935	0	8
SUNRISE 0525 CST SUNSET 1854 CST
7	82	63	73	93/1914	67/1917	49/1898	77/1995	0.18	3.35/1902	0	8
SUNRISE 0525 CST SUNSET 1854 CST
8	82	64	73	91/1999*	69/1917	46/1898	75/1994	0.18	3.01/1990	0	8
SUNRISE 0524 CST SUNSET 1855 CST
9	83	64	73	92/1916	71/1923	48/1917*	76/2003	0.19	0.75/1913	0	9
SUNRISE 0523 CST SUNSET 1856 CST
10	83	64	74	93/2002	72/1997*	48/1923*	76/2003*	0.19	3.01/1974	0	9
SUNRISE 0522 CST SUNSET 1856 CST
11	83	64	74	91/1916	68/1917	50/1981*	78/1989	0.19	4.14/1971	0	9
SUNRISE 0522 CST SUNSET 1857 CST
12	83	65	74	93/1910	70/1960	46/1924	79/1989	0.19	1.94/1954	0	9
SUNRISE 0521 CST SUNSET 1858 CST
13	84	65	74	92/1920*	68/1946*	48/1895	79/1995*	0.20	3.23/1966	0	9
SUNRISE 0520 CST SUNSET 1858 CST
14	84	65	75	94/1915	73/1920	51/1917	77/1995*	0.20	1.62/2007	0	10
SUNRISE 0520 CST SUNSET 1859 CST
15	84	66	75	92/1916*	71/1905	47/1917	77/1995	0.20	4.04/1945	0	10
SUNRISE 0519 CST SUNSET 1900 CST
16	84	66	75	92/1933*	70/1970	49/1926*	76/1995*	0.20	15.67/1980	0	10
SUNRISE 0518 CST SUNSET 1900 CST
17	84	66	75	94/1933	74/2008	48/1912	77/1995*	0.20	1.62/2004	0	10
SUNRISE 0518 CST SUNSET 1901 CST
18	85	66	75	97/1906	67/2002	53/1945*	76/1981*	0.20	4.64/1923	0	11
SUNRISE 0517 CST SUNSET 1902 CST
19	85	67	76	93/1933	76/2002*	52/2002	75/1989*	0.21	3.45/1952	0	11
SUNRISE 0517 CST SUNSET 1902 CST
20	85	67	76	93/2003	72/1965*	44/1894	76/1990*	0.21	4.82/1983	0	11
SUNRISE 0516 CST SUNSET 1903 CST
21	85	67	76	99/2005	76/1974	50/1901*	76/1957	0.21	4.20/1967	0	11
SUNRISE 0516 CST SUNSET 1903 CST
22	85	67	76	*100/1915*	74/1913	54/1914*	77/1953	0.21	2.05/1916	0	11
SUNRISE 0515 CST SUNSET 1904 CST
23	86	68	77	95/1911	79/1963*	51/2001	77/1953	0.21	2.30/1907	0	12
SUNRISE 0515 CST SUNSET 1905 CST
24	86	68	77	96/1909	77/1940	56/1967*	78/2008*	0.21	2.20/1907	0	12
SUNRISE 0514 CST SUNSET 1905 CST
25	86	68	77	94/1941	72/1919	52/1910	79/1989	0.21	2.71/1986	0	12
SUNRISE 0514 CST SUNSET 1906 CST
26	86	68	77	94/1928	76/1929	50/1910*	78/2000*	0.21	1.30/1933	0	12
SUNRISE 0514 CST SUNSET 1906 CST
27	86	69	77	95/1916*	74/1961	49/1901	78/2000	0.21	2.77/1932	0	12
SUNRISE 0513 CST SUNSET 1907 CST
28	86	69	78	97/1953*	78/1952	54/1961	80/1996	0.21	5.00/1915	0	13
SUNRISE 0513 CST SUNSET 1908 CST
29	87	69	78	97/1911	71/1992	56/1934	76/1953*	0.21	4.71/1929	0	13
SUNRISE 0513 CST SUNSET 1908 CST
30	87	69	78	100/1911	72/1947	52/1984	80/2004	0.21	5.53/1979	0	13
SUNRISE 0512 CST SUNSET 1909 CST
31	87	70	78	100/1911	77/1984*	52/1984	78/2004	0.21	4.40/1981	0	13
SUNRISE 0512 CST SUNSET 1909 CST
MON	84.1	65.7	74.9					6.06		1	312

Normals are for the 30-year period from 1971-2000
Extremes (or records) are for the period of record (1893-2008)

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