202 CDUS44 KLCH 120827 CLIAEX CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 327 AM CDT MON AUG 12 2013 ................................... ...THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 11 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 96 250 PM 105 1907 93 3 93 MINIMUM 74 538 AM 56 1893 72 2 71 AVERAGE 85 83 2 82 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.08 1.83 1988 0.09 -0.01 0.01 MONTH TO DATE 0.13 1.17 -1.04 2.49 SINCE JUN 1 7.78 9.90 -2.12 10.44 SINCE JAN 1 33.04 33.90 -0.86 40.59 DEGREE DAYS COOLING YESTERDAY 20 18 2 17 MONTH TO DATE 237 198 39 215 SINCE JUN 1 1245 1190 55 1273 SINCE JAN 1 1638 1644 -6 1958 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (150) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 23 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (130) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 1200 AM LOWEST 45 200 PM AVERAGE 73 .......................................................... THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 93 104 1948 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 72 58 1893 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 12 2013........SUNRISE 634 AM CDT SUNSET 756 PM CDT AUGUST 13 2013........SUNRISE 635 AM CDT SUNSET 755 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$