575 CDUS44 KLCH 160817 CLIAEX CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 317 AM CDT WED MAY 16 2012 ................................... ...THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 15 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 85 111 PM 94 1899 85 0 78 MINIMUM 58 512 AM 45 1907 63 -5 46 AVERAGE 72 74 -2 62 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 3.20 1928 0.15 -0.15 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.45 2.09 -1.64 0.65 SINCE MAR 1 12.53 11.69 0.84 5.57 SINCE JAN 1 29.59 21.37 8.22 10.86 DEGREE DAYS COOLING YESTERDAY 7 9 -2 0 MONTH TO DATE 152 115 37 115 SINCE MAR 1 432 257 175 392 SINCE JAN 1 461 274 187 426 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (290) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 20 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (280) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 97 200 AM LOWEST 40 1100 AM AVERAGE 69 .......................................................... THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 85 93 1925 1899 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 64 46 1907 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 16 2012...........SUNRISE 613 AM CDT SUNSET 800 PM CDT MAY 17 2012...........SUNRISE 613 AM CDT SUNSET 801 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$