651 CDUS44 KLCH 230813 CLIAEX CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 311 AM CDT THU MAR 23 2017 ................................... ...THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 22 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 81 417 PM 92 1907 72 9 70 MINIMUM 59 638 AM 26 1915 49 10 38 AVERAGE 70 61 9 54 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 5.40 1929 0.14 -0.14 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.01 3.68 -2.67 7.01 SINCE MAR 1 1.01 3.68 -2.67 7.01 SINCE JAN 1 8.72 13.36 -4.64 13.49 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 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 0 6 -6 11 MONTH TO DATE 129 169 -40 82 SINCE MAR 1 129 169 -40 82 SINCE JUL 1 1105 1834 -729 1282 COOLING YESTERDAY 5 1 4 0 MONTH TO DATE 48 22 26 38 SINCE MAR 1 48 22 26 38 SINCE JAN 1 130 39 91 46 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 13 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (220) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 18 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (250) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 100 AM LOWEST 42 400 PM AVERAGE 71 .......................................................... THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 73 91 1907 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 49 27 1915 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 23 2017.........SUNRISE 710 AM CDT SUNSET 724 PM CDT MARCH 24 2017.........SUNRISE 709 AM CDT SUNSET 725 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$