212 CDUS44 KLCH 090856 CLIAEX CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 356 AM CDT THU AUG 9 2012 ................................... ...THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 8 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 96 215 PM 106 1947 93 3 99 MINIMUM 74 611 AM 64 1901 72 2 78 AVERAGE 85 83 2 89 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 3.10 1944 0.12 -0.12 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.55 0.91 0.64 0.00 SINCE JUN 1 9.50 9.64 -0.14 7.26 SINCE JAN 1 39.65 33.64 6.01 19.35 DEGREE DAYS COOLING YESTERDAY 20 18 2 24 MONTH TO DATE 162 144 18 189 SINCE JUN 1 1220 1136 84 1382 SINCE JAN 1 1905 1590 315 2022 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (160) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 20 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (150) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 2.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 600 AM LOWEST 52 1200 PM AVERAGE 76 .......................................................... THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 93 107 1947 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 72 60 1990 1989 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 9 2012........SUNRISE 632 AM CDT SUNSET 758 PM CDT AUGUST 10 2012........SUNRISE 633 AM CDT SUNSET 758 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$