488 CDUS44 KLCH 190831 CLIAEX CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 330 AM CDT THU APR 19 2012 ................................... ...THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 18 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 77 428 PM 92 2006 79 -2 83 MINIMUM 50 618 AM 39 2001 55 -5 64 AVERAGE 64 67 -3 74 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.57 1991 0.15 -0.15 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 3.50 3.05 0.45 0.83 SINCE MAR 1 11.01 8.10 2.91 4.75 SINCE JAN 1 28.07 17.78 10.29 10.04 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.0 MM 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 1 2 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 3 56 -53 27 SINCE MAR 1 68 271 -203 181 SINCE JUL 1 1498 1936 -438 1940 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 3 -3 9 MONTH TO DATE 93 50 43 90 SINCE MAR 1 217 86 131 147 SINCE JAN 1 246 103 143 181 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 12 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (360) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 17 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (20) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 400 AM LOWEST 43 300 PM AVERAGE 72 .......................................................... THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 79 94 1987 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 55 38 1901 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 19 2012.........SUNRISE 637 AM CDT SUNSET 742 PM CDT APRIL 20 2012.........SUNRISE 636 AM CDT SUNSET 742 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$