Severe Thunderstorms for Mid-Atlantic and Northeast; Typhoon Approaching Guam

A cold front will sweep eastward today accompanied by strong to severe thunderstorms for the mid-Atlantic and Northeast today. In the wake of this cold front, autumn like temperatures and gusty winds from the Plains, Mississippi Valley, Great Lakes to most of the eastern seaboard. Fire weather conditions for lower Mississippi Valley into portions of California. For Guam, a typhoon is approaching. Read More >

Climate Information

Normals, Means & Extremes

OFFICIAL CLIMATE STATION NORMALS, RECORDS & TOP TENS
Normals are provided by the National Centers for Environmental Information and are based on 1991-2020 data
Records are for the Period of Record stated for each station
* Seasonal Top 10s are based on the climatological seasons - click here for more info

Lake Charles (1895-Present)
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Yearly Norms Top 10 Years Top 10 Days	Biannual Top 10s Jan-Jun Jul-Dec	Seasonal* Top 10s Dec-Feb Mar-May	Seasonal* Top 10s Jun-Aug Sep-Nov
Consecutive Day Streaks Most Number of Days		Holiday Records

Beaumont/Port Arthur (1901-Present)
Jan Norms/Recs Top Months Top Days	Feb Norms/Recs Top Months Top Days	Mar Norms/Recs Top Months Top Days	Apr Norms/Recs Top Months Top Days
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Sep Norms/Recs Top Months Top Days	Oct Norms/Recs Top Months Top Days	Nov Norms/Recs Top Months Top Days	Dec Norms/Recs Top Months Top Days
Yearly Norms Top 10 Years Top 10 Days	Biannual Top 10s Jan-Jun Jul-Dec	Seasonal* Top 10s Dec-Feb Mar-May	Seasonal* Top 10s Jun-Aug Sep-Nov
Consecutive Day Streaks Most Number of Days		Holiday Records

Lafayette (1893-Present)
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Sep Norms/Recs Top Months Top Days	Oct Norms/Recs Top Months Top Days	Nov Norms/Recs Top Months Top Days	Dec Norms/Recs Top Months Top Days
Yearly Norms Top 10 Years Top 10 Days	Biannual Top 10s Jan-Jun Jul-Dec	Seasonal* Top 10s Dec-Feb Mar-May	Seasonal* Top 10s Jun-Aug Sep-Nov
Consecutive Day Streaks Most Number of Days		Holiday Records

Alexandria (1892-Present)
Jan Norms/Recs Top Months Top Days	Feb Norms/Recs Top Months Top Days	Mar Norms/Recs Top Months Top Days	Apr Norms/Recs Top Months Top Days
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Sep Norms/Recs Top Months Top Days	Oct Norms/Recs Top Months Top Days	Nov Norms/Recs Top Months Top Days	Dec Norms/Recs Top Months Top Days
Yearly Norms Top 10 Years Top 10 Days	Biannual Top 10s Jan-Jun Jul-Dec	Seasonal* Top 10s Dec-Feb Mar-May	Seasonal* Top 10s Jun-Aug Sep-Nov
Consecutive Day Streaks Most Number of Days		Holiday Records

New Iberia (1948-Present)
Jan Norms/Recs Top 10s	Feb Norms/Recs Top 10s	Mar Norms/Recs Top 10s	Apr Norms/Recs Top 10s
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Sep Norms/Recs Top 10s	Oct Norms/Recs Top 10s	Nov Norms/Recs Top 10s	Dec Norms/Recs Top 10s
Yearly Norms Top 10s	Biannual Top 10s Jan-Jun Jul-Dec	Seasonal* Top 10s Dec-Feb Mar-May	Seasonal* Top 10s Jun-Aug Sep-Nov
Individual days Top 10s	Consecutive Day Streaks Most Number of Days		Holiday Records

COOPERATIVE/OTHER STATION NORMALS

Click the map for temperature and/or precipitation normals from cooperative and other stations from around our area of responsibility

FORECAST AREA NORMALS
- based on data from the PRISM Climate Group at Oregon State University
(PRISM data resembles, but does not directly match, 1991-2020 normals computed by NCEI)

Mean Low Temps Annual
Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr
May	Jun	Jul	Aug
Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec

Mean High Temps Annual
Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr
May	Jun	Jul	Aug
Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec

Winter Weather Information

Snowfall Climatology and Dates of Ocurrence
- for our five primary climate locations in our area of responsibility

AVERAGE DATES OF: - based on 1981-2010 normals
FIRST FALL FREEZE	LAST SPRING FREEZE

Climate Links

National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI)
Southern Region Climate Center (SRCC)
Louisiana State Office of Climatology (LSOC)
Texas State Office of Climatology (TSOC)

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