538 CDUS44 KLCH 081245 CLIAEX CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 645 AM CST FRI JAN 8 2016 ................................... ...THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 7 2016... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1892 TO 2016 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 61 359 PM 80 1978 59 2 52 MINIMUM 49 623 AM 17 2014 39 10 26 AVERAGE 55 49 6 39 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.71 4.60 1998 0.14 0.57 T MONTH TO DATE 0.72 1.04 -0.32 1.79 SINCE DEC 1 8.78 7.16 1.62 4.18 SINCE JAN 1 0.72 1.04 -0.32 1.79 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM 0.0 MM MM MM MM MONTH TO DATE 0.0 MM MM 0.0 SINCE DEC 1 0.0 MM MM 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.0 MM MM 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 10 16 -6 26 MONTH TO DATE 129 112 17 142 SINCE DEC 1 376 576 -200 532 SINCE JUL 1 527 901 -374 925 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (70) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 21 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (70) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 500 AM LOWEST 66 100 AM AVERAGE 83 .......................................................... THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 59 79 1907 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 39 17 1970 1942 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JANUARY 8 2016.......SUNRISE 710 AM CST SUNSET 524 PM CST JANUARY 9 2016.......SUNRISE 710 AM CST SUNSET 524 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$