899 CDUS44 KLCH 221245 CLIAEX CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 745 AM CDT MON AUG 22 2016 ................................... ...THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 21 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 88 148 PM 104 1999 94 -6 89 MINIMUM 74 1159 PM 57 1940 72 2 73 AVERAGE 81 82 -1 81 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.64 1.45 1978 0.13 0.51 T MONTH TO DATE 7.78 2.31 5.47 0.84 SINCE JUN 1 15.82 11.04 4.78 9.18 SINCE JAN 1 38.17 35.04 3.13 34.43 DEGREE DAYS COOLING YESTERDAY 16 17 -1 16 MONTH TO DATE 385 377 8 417 SINCE JUN 1 1455 1369 86 1510 SINCE JAN 1 1922 1823 99 2032 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (240) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 18 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (230) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 1.8 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 FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 100 AM LOWEST 70 200 PM AVERAGE 85 .......................................................... THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 94 103 1980 1906 1902 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 71 55 1893 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 22 2016........SUNRISE 640 AM CDT SUNSET 745 PM CDT AUGUST 23 2016........SUNRISE 641 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. $$