748 CDUS44 KLCH 011014 CLIAEX CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 513 AM CDT WED APR 1 2015 ................................... ...THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 31 2015... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1892 TO 2015 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 82 440 PM 89 1946 74 8 78 MINIMUM 63 350 AM 29 1987 51 12 43 AVERAGE 73 62 11 61 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.33 1976 0.15 -0.15 T MONTH TO DATE 5.80 5.05 0.75 3.91 SINCE MAR 1 5.80 5.05 0.75 3.91 SINCE JAN 1 10.90 14.73 -3.83 10.29 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.0 MM MM MM MM MONTH TO DATE 0.3 MM MM 0.2 SINCE MAR 1 0.3 MM MM 0.2 SINCE JUL 1 0.3 MM MM 5.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 5 -5 4 MONTH TO DATE 181 215 -34 317 SINCE MAR 1 181 215 -34 317 SINCE JUL 1 2032 1880 152 2333 COOLING YESTERDAY 8 2 6 0 MONTH TO DATE 44 36 8 13 SINCE MAR 1 44 36 8 13 SINCE JAN 1 45 53 -8 24 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (230) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 23 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (230) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 300 AM LOWEST 43 300 PM AVERAGE 72 .......................................................... THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 75 87 1927 1913 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 51 34 1942 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 1 2015.........SUNRISE 659 AM CDT SUNSET 729 PM CDT APRIL 2 2015.........SUNRISE 658 AM CDT SUNSET 730 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$