309 CDUS44 KLCH 160806 CLIAEX CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 306 AM CDT MON MAY 16 2016 ................................... ...THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 15 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 80 255 PM 94 1899 85 -5 86 MINIMUM 64 723 AM 45 1907 63 1 69 AVERAGE 72 74 -2 78 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 3.20 1928 0.15 -0.15 MM MONTH TO DATE 0.82 2.09 -1.27 0.08 SINCE MAR 1 13.02 11.69 1.33 13.18 SINCE JAN 1 19.50 21.37 -1.87 18.28 DEGREE DAYS COOLING YESTERDAY 7 9 -2 13 MONTH TO DATE 98 115 -17 150 SINCE MAR 1 286 257 29 346 SINCE JAN 1 294 274 20 347 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (80) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 18 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (80) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 79 1200 AM LOWEST 42 100 PM AVERAGE 61 .......................................................... THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 85 93 1925 1899 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 64 46 1907 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 16 2016...........SUNRISE 613 AM CDT SUNSET 800 PM CDT MAY 17 2016...........SUNRISE 613 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. $$