437 CDUS44 KLCH 050811 CLIAEX CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 311 AM CDT SAT APR 5 2014 ................................... ...THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 4 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 73 501 PM 89 1954 75 -2 50 1893 MINIMUM 57 1159 PM 33 1987 51 6 45 AVERAGE 65 63 2 48 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.75 7.00 1905 0.19 0.56 T MONTH TO DATE 0.75 0.83 -0.08 0.67 SINCE MAR 1 4.66 5.88 -1.22 2.06 SINCE JAN 1 11.04 15.56 -4.52 18.51 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.0 MM MM MM 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 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 0 4 -4 17 MONTH TO DATE 0 16 -16 29 SINCE MAR 1 317 231 86 335 SINCE JUL 1 2333 1896 437 1768 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 2 -2 0 MONTH TO DATE 25 8 17 0 SINCE MAR 1 38 44 -6 16 SINCE JAN 1 49 61 -12 34 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (330) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 27 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (340) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 1200 AM LOWEST 41 600 PM AVERAGE 67 .......................................................... THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 76 89 1955 1918 1906 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 52 33 1987 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 5 2014.........SUNRISE 654 AM CDT SUNSET 732 PM CDT APRIL 6 2014.........SUNRISE 653 AM CDT SUNSET 733 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$