855 CDUS44 KLCH 250836 CLIAEX CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 334 AM CDT WED APR 25 2012 ................................... ...THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 24 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 78 504 PM 92 1925 80 -2 89 1923 MINIMUM 45 604 AM 42 1910 57 -12 71 AVERAGE 62 69 -7 80 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.65 1937 0.12 -0.12 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 4.57 3.85 0.72 0.83 SINCE MAR 1 12.08 8.90 3.18 4.75 SINCE JAN 1 29.14 18.58 10.56 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 3 1 2 0 MONTH TO DATE 17 62 -45 27 SINCE MAR 1 82 277 -195 181 SINCE JUL 1 1512 1942 -430 1940 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 4 -4 15 MONTH TO DATE 96 74 22 182 SINCE MAR 1 220 110 110 239 SINCE JAN 1 249 127 122 273 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (200) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 18 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (200) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 500 AM LOWEST 35 400 PM AVERAGE 68 .......................................................... THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 81 93 1925 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 57 32 1910 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 25 2012.........SUNRISE 631 AM CDT SUNSET 746 PM CDT APRIL 26 2012.........SUNRISE 630 AM CDT SUNSET 747 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$