067 CDUS44 KLCH 211441 CLIAEX CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 941 AM CDT THU APR 21 2016 ................................... ...THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 20 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 78 1027 AM 94 1987 79 -1 71 MINIMUM 63 1159 PM 36 1893 56 7 55 AVERAGE 71 67 4 63 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 1.54 2.05 1947 0.15 1.39 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 2.35 3.34 -0.99 6.01 SINCE MAR 1 11.10 8.39 2.71 11.81 SINCE JAN 1 17.58 18.07 -0.49 16.91 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.0 MM MM MM 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 MM MM 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 0.0 MM MM 0.3 SINCE JUL 1 0.0 MM MM 0.3 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 2 MONTH TO DATE 26 58 -32 16 SINCE MAR 1 125 273 -148 197 SINCE JUL 1 1325 1938 -613 2048 COOLING YESTERDAY 6 4 2 0 MONTH TO DATE 47 58 -11 110 SINCE MAR 1 101 94 7 154 SINCE JAN 1 109 111 -2 155 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 22 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (280) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 29 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (290) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 300 AM LOWEST 82 1000 AM AVERAGE 91 .......................................................... THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 80 94 1987 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 56 38 1953 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 21 2016.........SUNRISE 635 AM CDT SUNSET 743 PM CDT APRIL 22 2016.........SUNRISE 634 AM CDT SUNSET 744 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$