730 CDUS44 KLCH 240943 CLIAEX CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 443 AM CDT FRI APR 24 2015 ................................... ...THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 23 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 81 202 PM 92 1925 80 1 84 MINIMUM 65 1159 PM 42 1907 57 8 56 1903 AVERAGE 73 68 5 70 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.01 4.85 1995 0.11 -0.10 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 6.03 3.73 2.30 2.99 SINCE MAR 1 11.83 8.78 3.05 6.90 SINCE JAN 1 16.93 18.46 -1.53 13.28 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 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 YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 16 61 -45 81 SINCE MAR 1 197 276 -79 398 SINCE JUL 1 2048 1941 107 2414 COOLING YESTERDAY 8 4 4 5 MONTH TO DATE 112 70 42 60 SINCE MAR 1 156 106 50 73 SINCE JAN 1 157 123 34 84 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 12 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (50) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 16 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (90) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.7 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 100 500 AM LOWEST 69 200 PM AVERAGE 85 .......................................................... THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 80 92 1925 1923 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 57 42 1910 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 24 2015.........SUNRISE 632 AM CDT SUNSET 745 PM CDT APRIL 25 2015.........SUNRISE 631 AM CDT SUNSET 745 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$