982 CDUS44 KLCH 040900 CLIAEX CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 400 AM CDT MON AUG 4 2014 ................................... ...THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 3 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 87 448 PM 106 1998 93 -6 96 MINIMUM 72 407 AM 66 1976 73 -1 75 1965 1911 AVERAGE 80 83 -3 86 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.12 2.95 1983 0.12 0.00 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.44 0.34 1.10 T SINCE JUN 1 9.47 9.07 0.40 7.65 SINCE JAN 1 27.69 33.07 -5.38 32.91 DEGREE DAYS COOLING YESTERDAY 15 18 -3 21 MONTH TO DATE 42 54 -12 64 SINCE JUN 1 1010 1046 -36 1072 SINCE JAN 1 1421 1500 -79 1465 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 13 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (110) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 16 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (120) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 400 AM LOWEST 70 500 PM AVERAGE 85 .......................................................... THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 93 103 1899 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 73 64 1920 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 4 2014........SUNRISE 629 AM CDT SUNSET 803 PM CDT AUGUST 5 2014........SUNRISE 629 AM CDT SUNSET 803 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$