961 CDUS44 KLCH 310826 CLIAEX CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 324 AM CDT THU AUG 31 2017 ................................... ...THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 30 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 82 1139 AM 105 1954 93 -11 95 MINIMUM 71 1210 AM 57 1986 70 1 71 1906 1893 AVERAGE 77 82 -5 83 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 1.17 2.56 2014 0.12 1.05 T MONTH TO DATE 8.44 3.39 5.05 10.35 SINCE JUN 1 17.11 12.12 4.99 18.39 SINCE JAN 1 41.82 36.12 5.70 40.74 DEGREE DAYS COOLING YESTERDAY 12 16 -4 18 MONTH TO DATE 476 529 -53 546 SINCE JUN 1 1445 1521 -76 1616 SINCE JAN 1 2020 1975 45 2083 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 23 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (80) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 33 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (70) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 1200 AM LOWEST 85 100 PM AVERAGE 93 .......................................................... THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 93 108 2000 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 70 59 1893 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 31 2017........SUNRISE 646 AM CDT SUNSET 735 PM CDT SEPTEMBER 1 2017.....SUNRISE 646 AM CDT SUNSET 733 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$