791 CDUS44 KLCH 071504 CLIAEX CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 904 AM CST SAT JAN 7 2012 ................................... ...THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 6 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 71 341 PM 80 2008 59 12 61 MINIMUM 47 336 AM 15 1924 39 8 36 AVERAGE 59 49 10 49 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.01 6.00 1899 0.16 -0.15 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.01 0.90 -0.89 0.12 SINCE DEC 1 6.22 7.02 -0.80 1.66 SINCE JAN 1 0.01 0.90 -0.89 0.12 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM T 1970 MM MM 0.0 1902 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 6 16 -10 16 MONTH TO DATE 90 96 -6 95 SINCE DEC 1 561 560 1 611 SINCE JUL 1 902 885 17 902 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (190) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 24 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (180) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 500 AM LOWEST 66 300 PM AVERAGE 83 .......................................................... THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 59 80 1978 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 39 18 1970 1910 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JANUARY 7 2012.......SUNRISE 710 AM CST SUNSET 523 PM CST JANUARY 8 2012.......SUNRISE 710 AM CST SUNSET 524 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$