760 CDUS44 KLCH 300812 CLIAEX CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 311 AM CDT WED AUG 30 2017 ................................... ...THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 29 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 79 205 PM 103 1954 93 -14 94 MINIMUM 68 734 AM 55 1896 70 -2 73 AVERAGE 74 82 -8 84 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 1.09 5.30 2010 0.11 0.98 0.55 MONTH TO DATE 7.27 3.27 4.00 10.35 SINCE JUN 1 15.94 12.00 3.94 18.39 SINCE JAN 1 40.65 36.00 4.65 40.74 DEGREE DAYS COOLING YESTERDAY 9 17 -8 19 MONTH TO DATE 464 513 -49 528 SINCE JUN 1 1433 1505 -72 1598 SINCE JAN 1 2008 1959 49 2065 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (50) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 27 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (80) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 1200 AM LOWEST 79 200 PM AVERAGE 90 .......................................................... THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 93 105 1954 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 70 57 1986 1906 1893 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 30 2017........SUNRISE 645 AM CDT SUNSET 736 PM CDT AUGUST 31 2017........SUNRISE 646 AM CDT SUNSET 735 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$