051 CDUS44 KLCH 180813 CLIAEX CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 312 AM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013 ................................... ...THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 17 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 88 334 PM 93 1925 86 2 91 1906 MINIMUM 66 1217 AM 47 2011 64 2 61 1907 AVERAGE 77 75 2 76 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.30 1953 0.16 -0.16 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.97 2.38 -1.41 0.45 SINCE MAR 1 5.56 11.98 -6.42 12.53 SINCE JAN 1 22.01 21.66 0.35 29.59 DEGREE DAYS COOLING YESTERDAY 12 10 2 11 MONTH TO DATE 58 135 -77 175 SINCE MAR 1 167 277 -110 455 SINCE JAN 1 185 294 -109 484 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (180) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 22 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (190) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 500 AM LOWEST 55 300 PM AVERAGE 78 .......................................................... THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 86 96 1906 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 64 48 2009 1895 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 18 2013...........SUNRISE 612 AM CDT SUNSET 801 PM CDT MAY 19 2013...........SUNRISE 612 AM CDT SUNSET 802 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$