813 CDUS44 KLCH 060840 CLIAEX CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 337 AM CDT THU AUG 6 2015 ................................... ...THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 5 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 98 340 PM 104 1897 93 5 94 MINIMUM 75 550 AM 60 1912 73 2 70 AVERAGE 87 83 4 82 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.04 2.03 1955 0.11 -0.07 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.04 0.56 -0.52 1.44 SINCE JUN 1 8.38 9.29 -0.91 9.47 SINCE JAN 1 33.63 33.29 0.34 27.69 DEGREE DAYS COOLING YESTERDAY 22 18 4 17 MONTH TO DATE 97 90 7 76 SINCE JUN 1 1190 1082 108 1044 SINCE JAN 1 1712 1536 176 1455 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 21 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (240) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 29 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (240) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HEAVY RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 94 600 AM LOWEST 40 400 PM AVERAGE 67 .......................................................... THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 93 102 1964 1947 1907 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 72 60 1912 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 6 2015........SUNRISE 630 AM CDT SUNSET 802 PM CDT AUGUST 7 2015........SUNRISE 631 AM CDT SUNSET 801 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$