864 CDUS44 KLCH 070920 CLIAEX CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 320 AM CST THU MAR 7 2013 ................................... ...THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 6 2013... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1892 TO 2013 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 63 407 PM 85 1956 68 -5 74 MINIMUM 35 630 AM 25 1917 46 -11 45 AVERAGE 49 57 -8 60 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.90 1933 0.18 -0.18 0.00 MONTH TO DATE T 1.02 -1.02 0.57 SINCE MAR 1 T 1.02 -1.02 0.57 SINCE JAN 1 16.45 10.70 5.75 17.63 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 16 9 7 5 MONTH TO DATE 98 57 41 34 SINCE MAR 1 98 57 41 34 SINCE JUL 1 1531 1722 -191 1464 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 6 -6 16 SINCE MAR 1 0 6 -6 16 SINCE JAN 1 18 23 -5 45 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (350) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 20 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (350) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 64 600 AM LOWEST 20 400 PM AVERAGE 42 .......................................................... THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 69 86 1909 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 46 26 1943 1901 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 7 2013.........SUNRISE 630 AM CST SUNSET 613 PM CST MARCH 8 2013.........SUNRISE 628 AM CST SUNSET 614 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$