904 CDUS44 KLCH 271029 CLIAEX CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 428 AM CST FRI FEB 27 2004 ................................... ...THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 26 2004... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1930 TO 2004 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 49 624 PM 85 1977 66 -17 40 MINIMUM 37 1107 PM 26 1965 44 -7 36 AVERAGE 43 55 -12 38 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.03 2001 0.17 -0.17 0.04 MONTH TO DATE 6.14 4.43 1.71 3.32 SINCE DEC 1 16.09 16.98 -0.89 13.23 SINCE JAN 1 11.55 10.59 0.96 4.64 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 T 1952 0.0 0.0 MM MONTH TO DATE 0.0 T 0.0 0.0 SINCE DEC 1 0.0 0.2 -0.2 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.0 0.2 -0.2 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 22 10 12 27 MONTH TO DATE 414 348 66 403 SINCE DEC 1 1347 1338 9 1484 SINCE JUL 1 1559 1622 -63 1835 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (320) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 18 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (320) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 M600 AM LOWEST 71 M200 PM AVERAGE 82 .......................................................... THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 66 85 1986 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 44 21 2002 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 27 2004......SUNRISE 640 AM CST SUNSET 607 PM CST FEBRUARY 28 2004......SUNRISE 639 AM CST SUNSET 607 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$