000 CDUS44 KLCH 201022 CLIAEX CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 518 AM CDT WED APR 20 2005 ................................... ...THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 19 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 81 210 PM 94 1987 78 3 81 MINIMUM 58 546 AM 40 1939 56 2 59 AVERAGE 70 67 3 70 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.01 1.23 1944 0.16 -0.15 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 2.68 3.17 -0.49 2.09 SINCE MAR 1 6.74 8.95 -2.21 3.44 SINCE JAN 1 16.60 19.89 -3.29 14.99 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.0 2002 0.0 0.0 0.0 2001 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.0 0.2 -0.2 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 2 -2 0 MONTH TO DATE 21 51 -30 67 SINCE MAR 1 225 248 -23 175 SINCE JUL 1 1497 1890 -393 1773 COOLING YESTERDAY 5 4 1 5 MONTH TO DATE 35 48 -13 33 SINCE MAR 1 63 75 -12 91 SINCE JAN 1 100 85 15 104 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (150) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 21 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (150) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 87 500 AM LOWEST 45 300 PM AVERAGE 66 .......................................................... THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 78 94 1987 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 56 37 1953 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 20 2005.........SUNRISE 636 AM CDT SUNSET 742 PM CDT APRIL 21 2005.........SUNRISE 635 AM CDT SUNSET 743 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$