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CLIAEX


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA                            
523 AM CDT THU OCT 6 2005

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...THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 5 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             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         92    243 PM  94    1954  83      9       86       
  MINIMUM         70    529 AM  44    1987  61      9       61       
  AVERAGE         81                        72      9       74      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.76 1932   0.14  -0.14     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.00                      0.70  -0.70     0.37    
  SINCE SEP 1      2.17                      4.70  -2.53     1.43    
  SINCE JAN 1     26.66                     45.17 -18.51    45.14    
                                                                     
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 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        0                         0      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         0      0        0       
  SINCE SEP 1      0                         0      0        0       
  SINCE JUL 1      0                         0      0        0       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       16                         7      9        9       
  MONTH TO DATE   81                        40     41       54       
  SINCE SEP 1    584                       434    150      457       
  SINCE JAN 1   2705                      2454    251     2393       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    14   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     E (90)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    18   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     N (20)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     6.1                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    90           300 AM                                     
 LOWEST     41           200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    66                                                       
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THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   83        98      1951                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   60        40      1985                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER  6 2005.......SUNRISE   707 AM CDT   SUNSET   649 PM CDT   
OCTOBER  7 2005.......SUNRISE   708 AM CDT   SUNSET   648 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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