104 CDUS44 KLCH 180821 CLIAEX CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 321 AM CDT MON MAY 18 2015 ................................... ...THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 17 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 89 1225 PM 93 1925 86 3 86 1906 MINIMUM 70 949 PM 47 2011 64 6 55 1907 AVERAGE 80 75 5 71 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY MM 2.30 1953 0.16 MM 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.08 2.38 -2.30 1.34 SINCE MAR 1 13.18 11.98 1.20 9.04 SINCE JAN 1 18.28 21.66 -3.38 15.42 DEGREE DAYS COOLING YESTERDAY 15 10 5 6 MONTH TO DATE 181 135 46 117 SINCE MAR 1 377 277 100 242 SINCE JAN 1 378 294 84 253 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 21 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (180) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 27 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (170) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 94 1200 AM LOWEST 52 1200 PM AVERAGE 73 .......................................................... THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 86 96 1906 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 64 48 2009 1895 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 18 2015...........SUNRISE 613 AM CDT SUNSET 801 PM CDT MAY 19 2015...........SUNRISE 612 AM CDT SUNSET 802 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$