639 CDUS44 KLCH 250839 CLIAEX CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 338 AM CDT THU AUG 25 2016 ................................... ...THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 24 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 96 345 PM 105 1902 93 3 99 MINIMUM 74 613 AM 57 1956 71 3 73 AVERAGE 85 82 3 86 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.21 1.98 1970 0.12 0.09 0.07 MONTH TO DATE 7.99 2.69 5.30 0.97 SINCE JUN 1 16.03 11.42 4.61 9.31 SINCE JAN 1 38.38 35.42 2.96 34.56 DEGREE DAYS COOLING YESTERDAY 20 17 3 21 MONTH TO DATE 441 428 13 475 SINCE JUN 1 1511 1420 91 1568 SINCE JAN 1 1978 1874 104 2090 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 31 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (100) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 37 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (100) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 2.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 300 AM LOWEST 49 400 PM AVERAGE 75 .......................................................... THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 93 104 1906 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 71 60 1917 1916 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 25 2016........SUNRISE 642 AM CDT SUNSET 741 PM CDT AUGUST 26 2016........SUNRISE 643 AM CDT SUNSET 740 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$