547 CDUS44 KLCH 150812 CLIAEX CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 312 AM CDT MON OCT 15 2012 ................................... ...THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 14 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 87 135 PM 92 1963 80 7 85 1962 MINIMUM 70 1159 PM 38 1907 56 14 47 1901 AVERAGE 79 68 11 66 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.74 2.00 1925 0.21 0.53 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.75 2.80 -2.05 0.04 SINCE SEP 1 3.94 5.70 -1.76 5.66 SINCE JAN 1 47.48 41.93 5.55 25.94 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 0 2 -2 0 MONTH TO DATE 24 16 8 9 SINCE SEP 1 24 19 5 9 SINCE JUL 1 24 19 5 9 COOLING YESTERDAY 14 4 10 1 MONTH TO DATE 75 81 -6 63 SINCE SEP 1 465 444 21 397 SINCE JAN 1 2755 2431 324 2940 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (220) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 23 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (200) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 700 AM LOWEST 48 300 PM AVERAGE 71 .......................................................... THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 80 94 1963 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 55 30 1893 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 15 2012.......SUNRISE 713 AM CDT SUNSET 638 PM CDT OCTOBER 16 2012.......SUNRISE 714 AM CDT SUNSET 637 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$