430 CDUS44 KLCH 210858 CLIAEX CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 353 AM CDT SAT APR 21 2012 ................................... ...THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 20 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 81 108 PM 94 1987 79 2 89 MINIMUM 54 554 AM 36 1893 56 -2 70 AVERAGE 68 67 1 80 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 1.06 2.05 1947 0.15 0.91 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 4.56 3.34 1.22 0.83 SINCE MAR 1 12.07 8.39 3.68 4.75 SINCE JAN 1 29.13 18.07 11.06 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 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 3 58 -55 27 SINCE MAR 1 68 273 -205 181 SINCE JUL 1 1498 1938 -440 1940 COOLING YESTERDAY 3 4 -1 15 MONTH TO DATE 96 58 38 124 SINCE MAR 1 220 94 126 181 SINCE JAN 1 249 111 138 215 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 35 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (220) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 56 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (220) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 600 AM LOWEST 45 300 PM AVERAGE 73 .......................................................... THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 80 94 1987 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 56 38 1953 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 21 2012.........SUNRISE 635 AM CDT SUNSET 743 PM CDT APRIL 22 2012.........SUNRISE 634 AM CDT SUNSET 744 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$