333 CDUS44 KLCH 050848 CLIAEX CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 339 AM CDT MON MAY 5 2014 ................................... ...THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 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 90 326 PM 94 1952 83 7 77 1943 MINIMUM 58 603 AM 38 2013 60 -2 38 AVERAGE 74 71 3 58 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 4.53 1941 0.15 -0.15 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.00 0.55 -0.55 0.14 SINCE MAR 1 7.70 10.15 -2.45 4.73 SINCE JAN 1 14.08 19.83 -5.75 21.18 DEGREE DAYS COOLING YESTERDAY 9 7 2 0 MONTH TO DATE 13 25 -12 10 SINCE MAR 1 138 167 -29 119 SINCE JAN 1 149 184 -35 137 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (190) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 19 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (240) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 84 1200 AM LOWEST 23 200 PM AVERAGE 54 .......................................................... THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 83 94 1952 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 61 41 1954 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 5 2014...........SUNRISE 622 AM CDT SUNSET 752 PM CDT MAY 6 2014...........SUNRISE 621 AM CDT SUNSET 753 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$