910 CDUS44 KLCH 030829 CLIAEX CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 227 AM CST SAT MAR 3 2012 ................................... ...THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 2 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 81 238 PM 84 1955 67 14 75 1940 1904 MINIMUM 62 958 PM 23 1980 45 17 36 AVERAGE 72 56 16 56 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.56 3.42 1964 0.17 0.39 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.56 0.34 0.22 0.00 SINCE MAR 1 0.56 0.34 0.22 0.00 SINCE JAN 1 17.62 10.02 7.60 5.29 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 T 1950 MM MM 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 MM MM 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 0.0 MM MM 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.0 MM MM 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 10 -10 9 MONTH TO DATE 0 20 -20 18 SINCE MAR 1 0 20 -20 18 SINCE JUL 1 1430 1685 -255 1777 COOLING YESTERDAY 7 1 6 0 MONTH TO DATE 16 2 14 0 SINCE MAR 1 16 2 14 0 SINCE JAN 1 45 19 26 34 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 24 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (200) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 30 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (210) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 90 100 AM LOWEST 58 1200 PM AVERAGE 74 .......................................................... THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 67 86 1905 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 45 23 1980 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 3 2012.........SUNRISE 634 AM CST SUNSET 610 PM CST MARCH 4 2012.........SUNRISE 633 AM CST SUNSET 611 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$