898 CDUS44 KLCH 220811 CLIAEX CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 311 AM CDT FRI MAY 22 2015 ................................... ...THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 21 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 77 826 AM 94 2012 86 -9 90 2005 1957 MINIMUM 59 1159 PM 45 1894 65 -6 67 AVERAGE 68 76 -8 79 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 1.38 2.27 1911 0.18 1.20 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 3.63 3.07 0.56 1.34 SINCE MAR 1 16.73 12.67 4.06 9.04 SINCE JAN 1 21.83 22.35 -0.52 15.42 DEGREE DAYS COOLING YESTERDAY 3 11 -8 14 MONTH TO DATE 214 176 38 158 SINCE MAR 1 410 318 92 283 SINCE JAN 1 411 335 76 294 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 29 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (340) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 38 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (330) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 600 AM LOWEST 82 1200 AM AVERAGE 91 .......................................................... THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 87 96 2005 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 65 52 1919 1894 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 22 2015...........SUNRISE 610 AM CDT SUNSET 804 PM CDT MAY 23 2015...........SUNRISE 610 AM CDT SUNSET 804 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$