377 CDUS44 KLCH 190816 CLIAEX CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 316 AM CDT TUE MAY 19 2015 ................................... ...THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 18 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 75 816 AM 96 1906 86 -11 85 MINIMUM 65 140 PM 48 2009 64 1 58 1895 AVERAGE 70 75 -5 72 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 2.17 4.40 1953 0.15 2.02 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 2.25 2.53 -0.28 1.34 SINCE MAR 1 15.35 12.13 3.22 9.04 SINCE JAN 1 20.45 21.81 -1.36 15.42 DEGREE DAYS COOLING YESTERDAY 5 10 -5 7 MONTH TO DATE 186 145 41 124 SINCE MAR 1 382 287 95 249 SINCE JAN 1 383 304 79 260 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (90) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 28 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (70) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 500 AM LOWEST 93 1200 AM AVERAGE 97 .......................................................... THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 86 97 1906 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 65 46 1895 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 19 2015...........SUNRISE 612 AM CDT SUNSET 802 PM CDT MAY 20 2015...........SUNRISE 611 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. $$