429 CDUS44 KLCH 150814 CLIAEX CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 313 AM CDT THU AUG 15 2013 ................................... ...THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 14 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 86 440 PM 103 2007 94 -8 97 1962 1948 MINIMUM 73 338 AM 54 2004 72 1 79 AVERAGE 80 83 -3 88 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 1.77 1.86 1964 0.09 1.68 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 2.75 1.44 1.31 2.49 SINCE JUN 1 10.40 10.17 0.23 10.44 SINCE JAN 1 35.66 34.17 1.49 40.59 DEGREE DAYS COOLING YESTERDAY 15 18 -3 23 MONTH TO DATE 290 252 38 276 SINCE JUN 1 1298 1244 54 1334 SINCE JAN 1 1691 1698 -7 2019 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (360) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 21 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (10) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 2.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 400 AM LOWEST 74 400 PM AVERAGE 87 .......................................................... THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 94 104 1948 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 72 56 2004 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 15 2013........SUNRISE 636 AM CDT SUNSET 753 PM CDT AUGUST 16 2013........SUNRISE 637 AM CDT SUNSET 752 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$