059 CDUS44 KLCH 080821 CLIAEX CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 318 AM CDT TUE AUG 8 2017 ................................... ...THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 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 88 431 PM 104 1947 93 -5 98 MINIMUM 73 1223 AM 63 2004 72 1 73 1957 AVERAGE 81 83 -2 86 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 5.70 1998 0.12 -0.12 0.48 MONTH TO DATE 0.33 0.79 -0.46 0.48 SINCE JUN 1 9.00 9.52 -0.52 8.52 SINCE JAN 1 33.71 33.52 0.19 30.87 DEGREE DAYS COOLING YESTERDAY 16 18 -2 21 MONTH TO DATE 112 126 -14 150 SINCE JUN 1 1081 1118 -37 1220 SINCE JAN 1 1656 1572 84 1687 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (290) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 23 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (290) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 300 AM LOWEST 63 400 PM AVERAGE 82 .......................................................... THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 93 106 1947 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 72 64 1901 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 8 2017........SUNRISE 632 AM CDT SUNSET 800 PM CDT AUGUST 9 2017........SUNRISE 632 AM CDT SUNSET 759 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$