000 CDUS44 KLCH 031047 CLIAEX CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 447 AM CST MON JAN 3 2005 ................................... ...THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 2 2005... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1930 TO 2005 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 73 246 PM 81 1952 58 15 73 MINIMUM 65 725 AM 17 1979 38 27 64 AVERAGE 69 48 21 69 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 2.10 1951 0.21 -0.21 T MONTH TO DATE 0.43 0.42 0.01 T SINCE DEC 1 4.24 6.81 -2.57 4.54 SINCE JAN 1 0.43 0.42 0.01 T SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.0 2003 0.0 0.0 0.0 2002 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE DEC 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 0 17 -17 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 34 -34 1 SINCE DEC 1 472 490 -18 476 SINCE JUL 1 635 774 -139 688 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (120) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 16 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (120) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 1200 AM LOWEST 79 200 PM AVERAGE 86 .......................................................... THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 58 78 1996 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 38 12 1979 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JANUARY 3 2005.......SUNRISE 710 AM CST SUNSET 520 PM CST JANUARY 4 2005.......SUNRISE 710 AM CST SUNSET 521 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$