105 CDUS44 KLCH 080820 CLIAEX CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 320 AM CDT SAT AUG 8 2015 ................................... ...THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 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 100 304 PM 104 1947 93 7 91 MINIMUM 77 518 AM 63 2004 72 5 74 1957 AVERAGE 89 83 6 83 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 5.70 1998 0.12 -0.12 T MONTH TO DATE 0.04 0.79 -0.75 1.44 SINCE JUN 1 8.38 9.52 -1.14 9.47 SINCE JAN 1 33.63 33.52 0.11 27.69 DEGREE DAYS COOLING YESTERDAY 24 18 6 18 MONTH TO DATE 144 126 18 112 SINCE JUN 1 1237 1118 119 1080 SINCE JAN 1 1759 1572 187 1491 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (240) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 20 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (270) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 91 500 AM LOWEST 35 300 PM AVERAGE 63 .......................................................... THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 93 106 1947 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 72 64 1901 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 8 2015........SUNRISE 631 AM CDT SUNSET 800 PM CDT AUGUST 9 2015........SUNRISE 632 AM CDT SUNSET 759 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$