420 CDUS44 KLCH 011053 CLIAEX CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 443 AM CST MON MAR 1 2004 ................................... ...THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 29 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 69 138 PM 88 1932 66 3 48 MINIMUM 52 315 AM 23 2002 45 7 42 AVERAGE 61 55 6 45 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 1.33 1933 0.18 -0.18 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 6.14 4.78 1.36 3.32 SINCE DEC 1 16.09 17.33 -1.24 13.23 SINCE JAN 1 11.55 10.94 0.61 4.64 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 T 1942 0.0 0.0 0.0 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 4 10 -6 20 MONTH TO DATE 453 378 75 445 SINCE DEC 1 1386 1358 28 1526 SINCE JUL 1 1598 1642 -44 1877 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 26 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (160) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 33 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (170) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 15.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 90 M700 AM LOWEST 59 M200 PM AVERAGE 75 .......................................................... THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 67 83 1955 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 45 24 1968 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 1 2004.........SUNRISE 636 AM CST SUNSET 609 PM CST MARCH 2 2004.........SUNRISE 635 AM CST SUNSET 610 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$