939 CDUS44 KLCH 060933 CLIAEX CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 333 AM CST THU MAR 6 2014 ................................... ...THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 5 2014... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1892 TO 2014 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 49 459 PM 85 1905 68 -19 68 MINIMUM 35 750 AM 25 1960 45 -10 46 1917 1893 AVERAGE 42 57 -15 57 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.22 2.20 1919 0.17 0.05 T MONTH TO DATE 0.54 0.84 -0.30 T SINCE MAR 1 0.54 0.84 -0.30 T SINCE JAN 1 6.92 10.52 -3.60 16.45 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM T 1917 MM MM MM MONTH TO DATE 0.2 MM MM 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 0.2 MM MM 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 5.0 MM MM 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 23 9 14 8 MONTH TO DATE 94 48 46 82 SINCE MAR 1 94 48 46 82 SINCE JUL 1 2110 1713 397 1515 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 1 5 -4 0 SINCE MAR 1 1 5 -4 0 SINCE JAN 1 12 22 -10 18 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 10 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (110) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 12 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (110) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 700 PM LOWEST 75 1200 AM AVERAGE 84 .......................................................... THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 68 85 1956 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 46 25 1917 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 6 2014.........SUNRISE 631 AM CST SUNSET 612 PM CST MARCH 7 2014.........SUNRISE 630 AM CST SUNSET 613 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$