805 CDUS44 KLCH 080843 CLIAEX CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 342 AM CDT FRI AUG 8 2014 ................................... ...THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 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 91 347 PM 104 1947 93 -2 98 MINIMUM 74 556 AM 63 2004 72 2 78 1957 AVERAGE 83 83 0 88 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 5.70 1998 0.12 -0.12 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.44 0.79 0.65 T SINCE JUN 1 9.47 9.52 -0.05 7.65 SINCE JAN 1 27.69 33.52 -5.83 32.91 DEGREE DAYS COOLING YESTERDAY 18 18 0 23 MONTH TO DATE 112 126 -14 152 SINCE JUN 1 1080 1118 -38 1160 SINCE JAN 1 1491 1572 -81 1553 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (210) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 18 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (200) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 500 AM LOWEST 56 300 PM AVERAGE 78 .......................................................... THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 93 106 1947 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 72 64 1901 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 8 2014........SUNRISE 631 AM CDT SUNSET 800 PM CDT AUGUST 9 2014........SUNRISE 632 AM CDT SUNSET 759 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$