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CLIAEX


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA                            
506 AM CDT SAT OCT 16 2004

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...THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 15 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             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         78    358 PM  94    1963  80     -2       77       
  MINIMUM         43    536 AM  38    1969  57    -14       46       
  AVERAGE         61                        69     -8       62      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          2.80 1985   0.15  -0.15     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    4.10                      2.19   1.91     0.66    
  SINCE SEP 1      5.16                      6.19  -1.03     2.72    
  SINCE JAN 1     48.87                     46.66   2.21    30.01    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           0.0  2001   0.0    0.0      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                       0.0    0.0      0.0     
  SINCE SEP 1      0.0                       0.0    0.0      0.0     
  SINCE JUL 1      0.0                       0.0    0.0      0.0     
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        4                         1      3        3       
  MONTH TO DATE   13                         8      5       12       
  SINCE SEP 1     13                         8      5       15       
  SINCE JUL 1     13                         8      5       15       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         4     -4        0       
  MONTH TO DATE  107                        96     11       76       
  SINCE SEP 1    510                       490     20      398       
  SINCE JAN 1   2446                      2510    -64     2430       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    16   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (300)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    20   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (290)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     4.8                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE   0 PERCENT                                      
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    93          1200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     30           300 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    62                                                       
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THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   80        92      1947                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   56        39      1939                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER 16 2004.......SUNRISE   714 AM CDT   SUNSET   637 PM CDT   
OCTOBER 17 2004.......SUNRISE   715 AM CDT   SUNSET   636 PM CDT   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.                                          


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