431 CDUS44 KLCH 200848 CLIAEX CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 348 AM CDT SAT AUG 20 2016 ................................... ...THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 19 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 85 1117 AM 106 1909 94 -9 86 MINIMUM 73 556 AM 63 1943 72 1 74 AVERAGE 79 83 -4 80 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.39 1.68 1989 0.13 0.26 0.15 MONTH TO DATE 7.11 2.06 5.05 0.84 SINCE JUN 1 15.15 10.79 4.36 9.18 SINCE JAN 1 37.50 34.79 2.71 34.43 DEGREE DAYS COOLING YESTERDAY 14 18 -4 15 MONTH TO DATE 351 342 9 386 SINCE JUN 1 1421 1334 87 1479 SINCE JAN 1 1888 1788 100 2001 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (280) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 20 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (270) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 1200 AM LOWEST 74 1100 AM AVERAGE 87 .......................................................... THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 94 105 1999 1925 1909 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 72 63 1943 1940 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 20 2016........SUNRISE 639 AM CDT SUNSET 747 PM CDT AUGUST 21 2016........SUNRISE 640 AM CDT SUNSET 746 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$