406 CDUS44 KLCH 070827 CLIAEX CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 326 AM CDT THU MAY 7 2015 ................................... ...THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 6 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 85 349 PM 95 1906 83 2 85 MINIMUM 60 354 AM 38 1954 61 -1 56 AVERAGE 73 72 1 71 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.20 1935 0.15 -0.15 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.07 0.85 -0.78 0.00 SINCE MAR 1 13.17 10.45 2.72 7.70 SINCE JAN 1 18.27 20.13 -1.86 14.08 DEGREE DAYS COOLING YESTERDAY 8 7 1 6 MONTH TO DATE 43 39 4 25 SINCE MAR 1 239 181 58 150 SINCE JAN 1 240 198 42 161 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (120) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 20 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (130) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 97 400 AM LOWEST 47 300 PM AVERAGE 72 .......................................................... THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 83 93 1952 1905 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 61 41 1898 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 7 2015...........SUNRISE 620 AM CDT SUNSET 754 PM CDT MAY 8 2015...........SUNRISE 619 AM CDT SUNSET 754 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$