816 CDUS44 KLCH 050907 CLIAEX CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 405 AM CDT SUN APR 5 2015 ................................... ...THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 4 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 70 418 PM 89 1954 75 -5 73 1893 MINIMUM 49 1129 PM 33 1987 51 -2 57 AVERAGE 60 63 -3 65 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.10 7.00 1905 0.19 -0.09 0.75 MONTH TO DATE 0.46 0.83 -0.37 0.75 SINCE MAR 1 6.26 5.88 0.38 4.66 SINCE JAN 1 11.36 15.56 -4.20 11.04 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM 0.0 MM MM MM 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 MM MM 0.0 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 5 4 1 0 MONTH TO DATE 5 16 -11 0 SINCE MAR 1 186 231 -45 317 SINCE JUL 1 2037 1896 141 2333 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 2 -2 0 MONTH TO DATE 26 8 18 25 SINCE MAR 1 70 44 26 38 SINCE JAN 1 71 61 10 49 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (30) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 27 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (20) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 83 800 AM LOWEST 35 500 PM AVERAGE 59 .......................................................... THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 76 89 1955 1918 1906 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 52 33 1987 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 5 2015.........SUNRISE 654 AM CDT SUNSET 732 PM CDT APRIL 6 2015.........SUNRISE 653 AM CDT SUNSET 733 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$