991 CDUS44 KLCH 050821 CLIAEX CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 320 AM CDT FRI APR 5 2013 ................................... ...THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 4 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 50 1246 PM 89 1954 75 -25 82 1893 MINIMUM 45 921 AM 33 1987 51 -6 62 AVERAGE 48 63 -15 72 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 7.00 1905 0.19 -0.19 0.41 MONTH TO DATE 0.67 0.83 -0.16 1.19 SINCE MAR 1 2.06 5.88 -3.82 8.70 SINCE JAN 1 18.51 15.56 2.95 25.76 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 17 4 13 0 MONTH TO DATE 29 16 13 0 SINCE MAR 1 335 231 104 65 SINCE JUL 1 1768 1896 -128 1495 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 2 -2 7 MONTH TO DATE 0 8 -8 32 SINCE MAR 1 16 44 -28 156 SINCE JAN 1 34 61 -27 185 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (300) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 23 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (320) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 200 AM LOWEST 80 300 PM AVERAGE 90 .......................................................... THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 76 89 1955 1918 1906 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 52 33 1987 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 5 2013.........SUNRISE 654 AM CDT SUNSET 732 PM CDT APRIL 6 2013.........SUNRISE 652 AM CDT SUNSET 733 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$