857 CDUS44 KLCH 240859 CLIAEX CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 356 AM CDT SAT AUG 24 2013 ................................... ...THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 23 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 94 329 PM 105 1906 93 1 90 MINIMUM 73 459 AM 57 1893 71 2 65 AVERAGE 84 82 2 78 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 3.20 1958 0.13 -0.13 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 4.67 2.57 2.10 3.07 SINCE JUN 1 12.32 11.30 1.02 11.02 SINCE JAN 1 37.58 35.30 2.28 41.17 DEGREE DAYS COOLING YESTERDAY 19 17 2 13 MONTH TO DATE 424 411 13 421 SINCE JUN 1 1432 1403 29 1479 SINCE JAN 1 1825 1857 -32 2164 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 12 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (140) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 16 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (70) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 300 AM LOWEST 49 500 PM AVERAGE 75 .......................................................... THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 93 105 1902 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 71 57 1956 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 24 2013........SUNRISE 641 AM CDT SUNSET 743 PM CDT AUGUST 25 2013........SUNRISE 642 AM CDT SUNSET 742 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$