285 CDUS44 KLCH 050829 CLIAEX CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 226 AM CST THU JAN 5 2012 ................................... ...THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 4 2012... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1892 TO 2012 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 68 326 PM 81 1989 59 9 69 MINIMUM 30 617 AM 11 1911 39 -9 46 AVERAGE 49 49 0 58 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.25 2007 0.17 -0.17 0.03 MONTH TO DATE 0.00 0.58 -0.58 0.04 SINCE DEC 1 6.21 6.70 -0.49 1.58 SINCE JAN 1 0.00 0.58 -0.58 0.04 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.0 MM MM MM 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 MM MM 0.0 SINCE DEC 1 0.0 MM MM 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.0 MM MM 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 16 16 0 7 MONTH TO DATE 72 64 8 72 SINCE DEC 1 543 528 15 588 SINCE JUL 1 884 853 31 879 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (230) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 21 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (240) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 1000 PM LOWEST 52 300 PM AVERAGE 73 .......................................................... THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 59 78 1997 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 39 11 1911 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JANUARY 5 2012.......SUNRISE 710 AM CST SUNSET 521 PM CST JANUARY 6 2012.......SUNRISE 710 AM CST SUNSET 522 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$