200 CDUS44 KLCH 080816 CLIAEX CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 316 AM CDT TUE APR 8 2014 ................................... ...THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 7 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 63 401 PM 91 1930 76 -13 79 MINIMUM 51 1159 PM 31 1971 52 -1 54 AVERAGE 57 64 -7 67 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 2.43 1973 0.19 -0.19 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.87 1.41 0.46 0.67 SINCE MAR 1 5.78 6.46 -0.68 2.06 SINCE JAN 1 12.16 16.14 -3.98 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 8 4 4 0 MONTH TO DATE 22 28 -6 42 SINCE MAR 1 339 243 96 348 SINCE JUL 1 2355 1908 447 1781 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 3 -3 2 MONTH TO DATE 25 17 8 2 SINCE MAR 1 38 53 -15 18 SINCE JAN 1 49 70 -21 36 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (310) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 21 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (320) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 1200 AM LOWEST 67 200 PM AVERAGE 84 .......................................................... THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 76 89 2011 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 52 34 1939 1898 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 8 2014.........SUNRISE 650 AM CDT SUNSET 734 PM CDT APRIL 9 2014.........SUNRISE 649 AM CDT SUNSET 735 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$