766 CDUS44 KLCH 080817 CLIAEX CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 316 AM CDT FRI MAY 8 2015 ................................... ...THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 7 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 86 1242 PM 93 1952 83 3 87 1905 MINIMUM 66 437 AM 41 1898 61 5 60 AVERAGE 76 72 4 74 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY MM 2.80 1893 0.15 MM 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.07 1.00 -0.93 0.00 SINCE MAR 1 13.17 10.60 2.57 7.70 SINCE JAN 1 18.27 20.28 -2.01 14.08 DEGREE DAYS COOLING YESTERDAY 11 8 3 9 MONTH TO DATE 54 47 7 34 SINCE MAR 1 250 189 61 159 SINCE JAN 1 251 206 45 170 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (190) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 26 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (190) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 500 AM LOWEST 61 1200 PM AVERAGE 81 .......................................................... THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 84 91 2003 2002 1984 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 61 43 1917 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 8 2015...........SUNRISE 619 AM CDT SUNSET 754 PM CDT MAY 9 2015...........SUNRISE 619 AM CDT SUNSET 755 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$