258 CDUS44 KLCH 080821 CLIAEX CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 321 AM CDT MON OCT 8 2012 ................................... ...THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 7 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 65 333 PM 95 1897 82 -17 87 MINIMUM 50 726 AM 39 1899 58 -8 58 AVERAGE 58 70 -12 73 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.50 1969 0.20 -0.20 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.01 1.48 -1.47 0.00 SINCE SEP 1 3.20 4.38 -1.18 5.62 SINCE JAN 1 46.74 40.61 6.13 25.90 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.0 MM MM MM 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 MM MM 0.0 SINCE SEP 1 0.0 MM MM 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.0 MM MM 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 7 1 6 0 MONTH TO DATE 10 7 3 9 SINCE SEP 1 10 10 0 9 SINCE JUL 1 10 10 0 9 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 6 -6 8 MONTH TO DATE 25 46 -21 12 SINCE SEP 1 415 409 6 346 SINCE JAN 1 2705 2396 309 2889 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (10) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 21 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (10) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 83 1200 AM LOWEST 52 300 PM AVERAGE 68 .......................................................... THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 81 94 1962 1912 1903 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 58 36 1952 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 8 2012.......SUNRISE 709 AM CDT SUNSET 646 PM CDT OCTOBER 9 2012.......SUNRISE 709 AM CDT SUNSET 645 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$