960 CDUS44 KLCH 180938 CLIAEX CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 437 AM CDT TUE APR 18 2017 ................................... ...THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 17 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 84 341 PM 92 2006 78 6 75 MINIMUM 66 226 AM 39 1921 55 11 63 AVERAGE 75 67 8 69 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.41 3.79 1900 0.15 0.26 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 9.75 2.90 6.85 0.61 SINCE MAR 1 11.90 7.95 3.95 9.36 SINCE JAN 1 19.61 17.63 1.98 15.84 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 2 -2 0 MONTH TO DATE 14 54 -40 26 SINCE MAR 1 143 269 -126 125 SINCE JUL 1 1119 1934 -815 1325 COOLING YESTERDAY 10 3 7 4 MONTH TO DATE 69 47 22 31 SINCE MAR 1 174 83 91 85 SINCE JAN 1 256 100 156 93 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (220) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 24 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (240) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 200 AM LOWEST 55 100 PM AVERAGE 78 .......................................................... THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 79 92 2006 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 55 39 2001 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 18 2017.........SUNRISE 638 AM CDT SUNSET 741 PM CDT APRIL 19 2017.........SUNRISE 637 AM CDT SUNSET 742 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$