000 CDUS44 KLCH 271008 CLIAEX CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 408 AM CST THU JAN 27 2005 ................................... ...THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 26 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 77 256 PM 78 1970 59 18 75 MINIMUM 53 802 AM 10 1940 38 15 39 AVERAGE 65 49 16 57 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.30 1932 0.19 -0.19 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 3.34 5.24 -1.90 4.09 SINCE DEC 1 7.15 11.63 -4.48 8.63 SINCE JAN 1 3.34 5.24 -1.90 4.09 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 T 1961 0.0 0.0 0.0 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 8 MONTH TO DATE 285 452 -167 339 SINCE DEC 1 757 908 -151 814 SINCE JUL 1 920 1192 -272 1026 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (50) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 18 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (50) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 800 AM LOWEST 40 300 PM AVERAGE 67 .......................................................... THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 59 79 1970 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 38 8 1940 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JANUARY 27 2005.......SUNRISE 705 AM CST SUNSET 541 PM CST JANUARY 28 2005.......SUNRISE 705 AM CST SUNSET 542 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$