677 CDUS44 KLCH 040825 CLIAEX CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 322 AM CDT THU APR 4 2013 ................................... ...THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 3 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 60 1204 AM 87 1940 75 -15 83 1918 MINIMUM 46 1159 PM 32 1915 51 -5 63 AVERAGE 53 63 -10 73 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.67 3.55 2000 0.21 0.46 0.20 MONTH TO DATE 0.67 0.64 0.03 0.78 SINCE MAR 1 2.06 5.69 -3.63 8.29 SINCE JAN 1 18.51 15.37 3.14 25.35 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 12 4 8 0 MONTH TO DATE 12 12 0 0 SINCE MAR 1 318 227 91 65 SINCE JUL 1 1751 1892 -141 1495 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 2 -2 8 MONTH TO DATE 0 6 -6 25 SINCE MAR 1 16 42 -26 149 SINCE JAN 1 34 59 -25 178 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 22 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (70) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 30 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (80) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 300 AM LOWEST 60 1200 AM AVERAGE 77 .......................................................... THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 75 89 1954 1893 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 51 33 1987 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 4 2013.........SUNRISE 655 AM CDT SUNSET 732 PM CDT APRIL 5 2013.........SUNRISE 654 AM CDT SUNSET 732 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$