529 CDUS44 KLCH 180850 CLIAEX CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 350 AM CDT THU AUG 18 2016 ................................... ...THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 17 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 90 155 PM 107 1902 94 -4 93 MINIMUM 73 1159 PM 59 2004 72 1 74 AVERAGE 82 83 -1 84 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.09 0.99 1939 0.12 -0.03 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 6.55 1.81 4.74 0.67 SINCE JUN 1 14.59 10.54 4.05 9.01 SINCE JAN 1 36.94 34.54 2.40 34.26 DEGREE DAYS COOLING YESTERDAY 17 18 -1 19 MONTH TO DATE 321 306 15 354 SINCE JUN 1 1391 1298 93 1447 SINCE JAN 1 1858 1752 106 1969 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (280) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 23 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (280) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 1200 AM LOWEST 64 100 PM AVERAGE 82 .......................................................... THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 94 106 2011 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 72 62 2004 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 18 2016........SUNRISE 638 AM CDT SUNSET 749 PM CDT AUGUST 19 2016........SUNRISE 639 AM CDT SUNSET 748 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$