170 CDUS44 KLCH 220840 CLIAEX CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 339 AM CDT THU AUG 22 2013 ................................... ...THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 21 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 92 325 PM 104 1999 94 -2 86 MINIMUM 73 625 AM 57 1940 72 1 67 AVERAGE 83 82 1 77 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.08 1.45 1978 0.13 -0.05 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 4.67 2.31 2.36 3.07 SINCE JUN 1 12.32 11.04 1.28 11.02 SINCE JAN 1 37.58 35.04 2.54 41.17 DEGREE DAYS COOLING YESTERDAY 18 17 1 12 MONTH TO DATE 387 377 10 394 SINCE JUN 1 1395 1369 26 1452 SINCE JAN 1 1788 1823 -35 2137 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 21 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (120) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 25 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (120) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 1200 AM LOWEST 56 200 PM AVERAGE 78 .......................................................... THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 94 103 1980 1906 1902 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 71 55 1893 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 22 2013........SUNRISE 640 AM CDT SUNSET 745 PM CDT AUGUST 23 2013........SUNRISE 641 AM CDT SUNSET 744 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$