162 CDUS44 KLCH 092204 CLIAEX CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 504 PM CDT THU APR 9 2015 ................................... ...THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 9 2015... VALID TODAY AS OF 0500 PM LOCAL TIME. 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) TODAY MAXIMUM 83 302 PM 89 1986 77 6 73 1893 MINIMUM 68 155 AM 35 2003 53 15 40 1916 1899 AVERAGE 76 64 12 57 PRECIPITATION (IN) TODAY 0.00 2.07 1933 0.17 -0.17 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.54 1.77 -0.23 1.94 SINCE MAR 1 7.34 6.82 0.52 5.85 SINCE JAN 1 12.44 16.50 -4.06 12.23 SNOWFALL (IN) TODAY 0.0 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 TODAY 0 3 -3 8 MONTH TO DATE 14 34 -20 37 SINCE MAR 1 195 249 -54 354 SINCE JUL 1 2046 1914 132 2370 COOLING TODAY 11 3 8 0 MONTH TO DATE 61 23 38 25 SINCE MAR 1 105 59 46 38 SINCE JAN 1 106 76 30 49 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 22 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (190) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 29 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (190) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY. FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 1200 AM LOWEST 58 300 PM AVERAGE 79 .......................................................... THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 77 90 2011 1893 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 53 32 2003 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 9 2015.........SUNRISE 649 AM CDT SUNSET 735 PM CDT APRIL 10 2015.........SUNRISE 648 AM CDT SUNSET 735 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$