618 CDUS44 KLCH 081245 CLIAEX CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 645 AM CST WED MAR 8 2017 ................................... ...THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 7 2017... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1892 TO 2017 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 74 1029 AM 86 1909 69 5 74 MINIMUM 49 1142 PM 25 2015 46 3 53 AVERAGE 62 57 5 64 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.57 4.60 1995 0.17 0.40 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.76 1.19 -0.43 0.05 SINCE MAR 1 0.76 1.19 -0.43 0.05 SINCE JAN 1 8.47 10.87 -2.40 6.53 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM 0.0 MM MM MM 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 MM MM 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 0.0 MM MM 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.5 MM MM 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 3 9 -6 1 MONTH TO DATE 43 66 -23 30 SINCE MAR 1 43 66 -23 30 SINCE JUL 1 1019 1731 -712 1230 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 6 7 -1 1 SINCE MAR 1 6 7 -1 1 SINCE JAN 1 88 24 64 9 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 24 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (340) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 31 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (340) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 97 600 AM LOWEST 72 400 PM AVERAGE 85 .......................................................... THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 69 86 1907 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 46 26 1901 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 8 2017.........SUNRISE 628 AM CST SUNSET 614 PM CST MARCH 9 2017.........SUNRISE 627 AM CST SUNSET 614 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$